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New Business Model for Landscape Company


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Faced with some business challenges, Michael Mackoul, the owner of TEAMscapes, Johns Creek, Georgia, revamped his company’s business plan to target entire neighborhoods rather than individual home   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Florida “Graywater” Debate Sets Stage


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Florida legislators are preparing to discuss the biggest overhaul of state water laws in forty years, and observers say the debate may set the stage for similar discussions around the country. Among   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Obama to Propose Tax Credit for Natural Gas Vehicles


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President Obama announced on Thursday, January 26th, that he would propose a tax credit for businesses that buy natural gas trucks. This proposal is part of an effort on the part of the administrati   More
 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Briggs & Stratton to Pink-Slip 800; Close Plants


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Long-time lawn mower and power equipment manufacturer Briggs & Stratton is consolidating operations worldwide, shuttering a plant in Newburn, Tennessee, as well as one in the Czech Republic. The   More
 
Monday, January 30, 2012

Political Struggle Over Prevailing Wage


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A new state interpretation of Illinois’ prevailing wage law has the town of Mount Prospect in a tight financial bind. Municipalities will now be required to pay a higher wage for public works p   More
 
Monday, January 30, 2012

U.S. Lawns Grows to 250 Franchises


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In 2011, the year U.S. Lawns celebrated its 25th anniversary, it added 24 new franchises to its commercial landscape-management network. U.S. Lawns now has 250 franchises nationwide. The company    More
 
Monday, January 30, 2012

Stay Green Acquires Wurzel Landscape


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Stay Green Inc., a family-owned and operated landscape services company based in Santa Clarita, California, announced that it has acquired Wurzel Landscape, a Studio City, California-based commercia   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Landscape Worker Finds Military Explosive


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A landscape worker working on a hillside above a street in a residential area of Alison Viejo, California, noticed something odd amidst the trees and shrubs – a grenade-like device. Authorities   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Major City Lifts Drought Restrictions


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A recent massive rainstorm has led, at least temporarily, to the end of drought restrictions in Houston, Texas. The downpour was part of a wet weather pattern that has dropped 10 inches of rain at t   More
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Landscape Professional Gets TV Show


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The Massachusetts cable channel HGTV recently gave the green-light to a new reality show starring Chris Lambton, a landscape professional from Cape Cod. Lambton, the co-owner of a small lands   More
 
Monday, January 23, 2012