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Business Beat: How this local family business got the tire rolling

August 1, 2023 • 
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Bank of Central Florida’s VP Commercial Relationship Manager, Dawn Lyons, smiles with Business Owner, Matt Wade.

Bank of Central Florida’s VP Commercial Relationship Manager, Dawn Lyons, with Business Owner, Matt Wade.

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Lakelander Matt Wade owns Day and Night Tires, a family business that services tire retreading. Located here in Swan City, Matt works with distributors across the nation to retread + sell new tires for major truck fleets.

Since Matt joined the team 35 years ago, the company has expanded substantially, and today retreads tires for massive operations like the US Postal Service + Amazon.

Read on to see how this local entrepreneur got his start.

Day and Night Tires: Then and now

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