Sell My Green Business

The Senate approved Saturday a bill extending the increase in the guaranteed portion of many SBA-guaranteed loans from 75% to 90% and waiving guaranty fees through February.  This provision is included in the Defense Appropriation bill.   An additional proposal to extend these incentives through September is pending in the House-passed Jobs for Main Street [...]

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The State of the Union address had encouraging words for small business.  Obama’s renewed call for ending capital gains on small business investment  is positive (if vague).  As to small business credit, the community banks I know don’t want  to have anything to do with TARP money.  I hope he continues to support stimulating SBA [...]

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From Lawn & Landscape Online
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – The Brickman Group has acquired The Green Plan, based in Broomfield, Colo.
The Green Plan’s two locations, north and south of Denver, will join Brickman’s four existing branches in Denver, Englewood and Colorado Springs. Last fall, Brickman acquired Boston-area D. Foley Landscape.
“I realized that in order to grow the [...]

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Earlier this week, I was searching for some information on Lawn and Landscape Online and I noticed an article about Brad Johnson of LawnAmerica in Tulsa’s plans to hike the Appalachian Trail later this year.  It piqued my interest for a variety of reasons – I am originally from the Tulsa area and I am [...]

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MINNEAPOLIS (January 8, 2010) — Target today announced it has acquired the Smith & Hawken brand and other intellectual property from Smith & Hawken, LTD, a subsidiary of The Scotts Company LLC, effective December 30, 2009.
“We’re thrilled to own such an admired and iconic brand,” said Kathee Tesija, executive vice president of merchandising, Target. “We [...]

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January 11 – Houston, Texas – On December 31, 2009, BIO Landscape & Maintenance, Inc. (BIO), a Yellowstone Landscape Group company, expanded its Texas presence through the acquisition of Texas Services, LTD. (Texas Services). Texas Services, a sustainable Tree Care focused Lawn Maintenance and Landscaping Company, is headquartered in Houston, Texas. They were founded [...]

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Now that we seem to have passed through the worst of the recession of the last two years, we believe there are some key trends to look for over the next year.
In this article, we will go on the line and make some predictions for 2010.   In our view, these are some of the key [...]

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2009 was definitely a down year for mergers & acquisitions within the green industry – and for just about every other industry as well.  The twin specters of economic uncertainty and an often extremely challenging credit market caused the number of transactions to fall both out of necessity and out of caution.
That being said, many [...]

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