Jacksonville Daily Record 2/26/19

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TUESDAY February 26, 2019

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JAX CHAMBER SMALL BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

THE MATHIS REPORT

‘WeDaily are going to deliver Record on what we promise’ JACKSONVILLE

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Tina Meskel shares the strategy for success that grew her business to 25 employees and $2.9 million in annual revenue. BY DREW DIXON

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Load King seeking city land for expansion

Company that designs and installs retail store and restaurant interiors wants to buy 1.96 acres.

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ina Meskel, the 2019 JAX Chamber Small Business Leader of the Year, pursues a basic – and successful – business strategy. “We are going to deliver on what we promise. That’s really all there is to it,” Meskel said. Meskel & Associates Engineering, founded in 2008, has grown into a Jacksonville business with 25 employees and $2.9 million in annual revenue. Her projects include highprofile developments in Northeast Florida. The Intercity Bus Terminal Downtown, UNF road resurfacings and JEA projects are a few of her projects, along with private development. As Small Business Leader of the Year, Meskel said she feels a calling to foster the addition of more women in her field. “We also try to stay close to the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs in our schools and specifically for girls,” Meskel said. “Still, there is this underlying belief that boys are good at sci-

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Photo by Drew Dixon

Tina Meskel, founder of Meskel & Associates Engineering, stands outside her offices at 8936 Western Way in the Southside.

Load King Manufacturing Co. wants to buy land from the city to expand in the New Town area and Rail Yard District west of Downtown. City Council is reviewing Ordinance 2019-135 that requests the city sell two parcels totaling 1.96 acres at Union Street and Myrtle Avenue to Load King for $324,000, the appraised value of the property. Load King designs, fabricates, delivers and installs retail store and restaurant interiors and packages throughout the United States. Customers include Al’s Pizza, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Edwin Watts Golf, Caribou Coffee and Starbucks. Nonretail customers include Baptist Health. The privately held company, which did not immediately return an email Monday, says on its website that it has completed more than 8,500 projects nationwide. Load King owns 8.26 acres SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2

Sowell to speak at luncheon Jamal Sowell, president and CEO of Enterprise Florida Inc. will be the speaker today at the 1st Quarter JAXUSA Partnership Luncheon. Enterprise Florida’s mission is to expand and diversify the state’s economy through job creation. The event is at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel. Check-in is 11:30 a.m. and the program is noon to 1:30 p.m. For more information visit myjaxchamber.com.

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