Meet the Cape Coral City Council candidates: District 2, Dan Sheppard
Candidate name: Dan Sheppard
Seat sought/district: Cape Coral City Council District 2
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Occupation and place of employment: Owns and operates Sheppard Landscape and Palm Source Pine Island, LLC
Time in Cape Coral: 22 years
Business experience applicable to the office you are seeking: 35 years of business and budget contract experience. Started his own business in 1984 as an architectural millwork designer and manufacturer in New Jersey. Over the years it turned into a very large company, manufacturing for casinos and hospitals, large retail chains such as JCPenny’s, and USPS from Connecticut to Florida where his work can be seen in the Cape Coral Post Office to this day. Owned three retail stores before moving to Florida. Started Sheppard Landscape in 1999, incorporated in 2005, and Palm Source Pine Island, LLC approximately eight years ago. Palm Source is a wholesale palm tree farm with many locations in Pine Island, growing and selling palms to landscape companies in the state of Florida, Texas, Bahamas, and up and down the East Coast
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Civic/community involvement: Has attended City Council meetings for at least 18 years voicing his concerns and offering solutions. Volunteered on beautification projects throughout the city
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Family: Wife Cathleen. Six children, Ashley, 32; Daniel, 31; Dalton, 22; Dante, 16; Donovan, 10; and Lena, 6
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