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Bob Rupar - Walla Walla Watershed Alliance


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Through the years, Ive been privileged to meet many individuals in our industry. From landscape contractors to dealers, distributors, and wholesale supply store owners, to presidents of manufacturing companies...   More
 
Saturday, July 1, 2006 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Herb King - King Innovation


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Herb King knows all about dreams both having them, and chasing them. Though he is now owner and CEO of the company his father started back in the 1960s, he doesnt expect any of his own children to take the helm when he retires.    More
 
Thursday, June 1, 2006 REBECCA PETERSON

John Crowson- Scag Power Equipment


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My favorite moment in my interview with John Crowson was when I asked him what he thought made him a good leader.    More
 
Monday, May 1, 2006 REBECCA PETERSON

John Gibson - PLANET


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John Gibson couldnt have imagined, when he graduated from high school, that he would have a career in the green industry. It was beyond my wildest imagination, he said.   More
 
Saturday, April 1, 2006 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Landon Reeve IV - Chapel Valley


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Landon Reeve loves plants. Always has. That?s a continual thread that runs through his life, despite the challenges he has undertaken. While in high school, he had a part-time summer job working in a perennial wholesale nursery.    More
 
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 JAMES HAMES

Larry DeWitt - The DeWitt Company


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Larry DeWitt built a $30 million a year landscape fabric manufacturing company from the ground up. One could say he was lucky, or perhaps he was in the right place at the right time, but Ive known him for more than 20 years, and I can tell you it wasnt luck; it was his passion.   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Rick & Randy Girard - Girard Environmental Services


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One of the fastest growing privately held companies in the landscape industry, Girard Environmental Services in Orlando, Florida, generates more than eighteen million dollars in annual revenue.   More
 
Sunday, January 1, 2006 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Willis Dane - Aqua Control


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Ever since he could remember, Willis Dane has been a tinkerer. Born and raised in North Central Illinois, Dane can remember when,as a young boy of 11 or 12, he built a little scow, dragged it down to the Vermillion River where he and his friends enjoyed many trips rowing up and down the river.   More
 
Thursday, December 1, 2005 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Susan Thayer - Maxijet


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What makes Susan Thayer unique is that she is a free spirit and an independent thinker. She has a knack for reading people, and has a gut feeling for business.   More
 
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 DENNE GOLDSTEIN

Jerry Pate - Jerry Pate Company


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You could say Jerry Pate has been in the green industry every since he was a teen-ager. As is so typical of many kids his age, when he was growing up, he took odd jobs to earn spending money while going to high school.    More
 
Saturday, October 1, 2005 DENNE GOLDSTEIN