Dare to Dream

Review Summary:
Business. Coastal Chemical & Paper Supply, Sarasota
Industry. Janitorial products, retail
Key. Company has survived the recession by being nimble and spending wisely.

The recession hurled a knockdown punch into the gut of Scott Miller's business dream: to one day see his janitorial products and services company become the industry's first commercial and retail superstore.

Miller envisions a place where a facilities manager for a hospital might buy an auto scrubber and a plastic drum pump, while a housewife picks up a squeegee and a gallon of streak free glass cleaner in the next aisle. The store itself, just like it does today, will stock more than 4,000 items, with 30,000 more available on special order. Its motto will continue to be 'everything to clean anything.'