Shuffle the deck: Millennial couple cue up a new career

Stephanie Swain and Josh Dulabaum left safe, stable jobs to buy a venerable shuffleboard equipment company. They intend to quickly stretch into new markets.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 11:30 a.m. March 24, 2022
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Mark Wemple. Stephanie Swain and Josh Dulabaum are the new owners of Allen Shuffleboard in Seminole.
Mark Wemple. Stephanie Swain and Josh Dulabaum are the new owners of Allen Shuffleboard in Seminole.
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Much like bocce, cornhole, pickleball, tennis and other social, non-contact outdoor sports, shuffleboard experienced a surge of interest during the COVID-19 crisis. The sport was already popular in the region, thanks to an abundance of 55+ communities and venues like the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club — the oldest and largest such facility in the world.

 

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