Standing on Solid Ground

Steve Turner
March 23, 2006

An uncompromising Florida family is ignoring million dollar offers for the land occupied by their family business, a wrecking yard. The Glueck’s have been operating their business since the 60’s and today residential developments have sprung up around their property. While real estate barons see the property as extremely valuable, the Glueck’s have placed the bond created by a family business above mean green.

“The value lies not in the land, but in the business where three generations of family have worked over the past 40 years. “All the kids work here,” said Diane Glueck, the business founder’s daughter-in-law. “It gives the family something to do.”

Read the full story at Southwest Florida’s Herald Tribune