{"id":4686,"date":"2018-08-24T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T20:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T20:11:59","slug":"get-know-doug-nunnery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/get-know-doug-nunnery\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know \u2026 Doug Nunnery"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Martie Thompson
\n<\/span><\/em>editor@floridanewsline.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Doug Nunnery\u2019s Gator roots run deep \u2014 not only did he earn his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration at the University of Florida, but he grew up in Gainesville. His father was a professor and his mother worked in the athletic department. After graduation, he took a job in Jacksonville with Prudential in its IT department. He ultimately earned his MBA at the University of North Florida while still working full time at Prudential. <\/span><\/p>\n

He and his wife Ashlen wed on his birthday in 1986. They have two sons, Joel, a project manager for a commercial contractor who just relocated back to North Florida after several years in South Florida, and Alex, who works at Publix.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up until very recently, Nunnery owned The UPS Store at State Road 13 and Race Track Road. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very appreciative of the community who supported our business for 18 years and I hope they continue to support the new owners of this location,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. How did you and your wife meet?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We actually met in a laundromat. I was folding clothes \u2014 athletic socks, actually! \u2014 and she came in with a friend. We had seen each other there before but never spoken. So after I left, she asked the manager of the laundromat for my name and then I guess she looked me up because she called me. I knew immediately who it was when she called. She invited me to a dinner she was cooking for her roommate and we started dating and now here we are!<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. How did you come to own The UPS Store?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      It was in mid-1990s and I was working at IBM. We decided to start a business and Ashlen actually opened our first location of Mailboxes, Etc. on Blanding Boulevard. Then we added the Fleming Island location, which Ashlen still manages. By 2000, the growth in Fruit Cove was such that we decided to open that location. For awhile we also owned the Mandarin location. Today, we still have the Fleming Island location, but I won\u2019t be working there full time<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. What was your favorite part of owning The UPS Store in Fruit Cove?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        I liked the aspect of serving and helping customers and our employees. Whenever I personally had the opportunity to exceed someone\u2019s expectations \u2026 that the most gratifying thing for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. So, what\u2019s next for you now that you have sold the store?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          I found that I\u2019ve actually been busier than ever the past two months, handling things I had put off and needed to get done. I\u2019m actually seeking God\u2019s plan for what I am to do next. I have a sense that I want to help people, but I still do need to earn a paycheck, so it will be in the business area. I\u2019m pursuing three things: marketing work for the Fleming Island location part time; I just finished a self study for business consulting as I\u2019d like to work with prospective small business owners; and possibly I will build a real estate practice. I find that I get a kick out of helping people in transition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. If you could only eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            There\u2019s probably one or two of my wife\u2019s special Armenian dishes that I would choose. But I sure do love those fried seafood platters at the fish camp! <\/span><\/p>\n

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            Photo courtesy Doug Nunnery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

            Doug and Ashlen Nunnery<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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