The hands of executive vice president Bobby Newman, 56, light a cigar for his brother, J. C. Newman Cigar Co. president Eric Newman in the stairwell of their Ybor City cigar factory. The third-generation family owned-and-operated cigar company was one of three winner of the 2007 Florida Family Business Awards. Judges picked J.C. Newman largely because of its philanthropic commitments: It's building a complex with schools, a medical clinic, baseball fields, etc., in the Dominican Republic, where most of their tobacco is grown.
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