Entrepreneurs turn project obstacles into tactical games hotspot

A slow approval process for a project led an enterprising business duo to another opportunity. Now the next CrossFit is in their sights.

  • By John Haughey
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 6, 2019
From left: Tim Burke, Joel Jaeb and Steve Jaeb atop a berm separating several of five shooting ranges near Nichols in south Polk County, part of JTAC Ranch.
From left: Tim Burke, Joel Jaeb and Steve Jaeb atop a berm separating several of five shooting ranges near Nichols in south Polk County, part of JTAC Ranch.
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In 2015, Steve Jaeb submitted plans for a 336-acre commercial shooting range on his 1,520-acre ranch near Nichols, which spans the Hillsborough and Polk county lines.

 

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