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Steve Downin Returns to his Roots by Opening a Spring-Green Lawn Care Franchise

Steve Downin has been in the lawn care industry since graduating college in the early 1980s. Needing a way to grow his business and ensure continued success, Downin, owner of Right-of-Way-Turf-Ornamental, Inc., looked to Spring-Green Lawn Care for an opportunity to ensure stability in what can be a tumultuous industry. Now, the industry veteran is combining his wealth of experience with Spring-Green’s own reputation as the nationwide leader in lawn and tree care services by opening a new Spring-Green Lawn Care franchise in the Columbus, Indiana area. Downin began his career in […]

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Spring-Green’s Professional Development Seminar Series

During the winter and early spring, Spring-Green’s expert on lawn care Harold Enger will travel to over 20 cities throughout the winter and early spring to host professional development seminars to benefit franchise owners’ staff and managers alike. The topics Enger will discuss include things like sessions on customer service, best practices for handling cancels in the field, injector system calibration and troubleshooting, invasive weeds and their control, common diseases and management practices. Each seminar represents a terrific learning opportunity, as every session is drawn from the wellspring that is Spring-Green’s […]

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Recognizing Our Veterans

In recognition of Veterans Day 2014, we would like to reflect on the service provided by our men and women in uniform serving both at home and overseas. At Spring-Green, we have a special reverence for those who serve. Spring-Green’s chairman Tom Hofer—a veteran of the Navy who served in the Vietnam War as a pilot conducting anti-submarine missions—and many of our franchise owners, too, have served our nation with distinction. People like Jim Anderson, Mike Bell, Matt Denney, Lenny Geibel, Eric Chapman, Roger Grose, Jim Hoelsworth, Kevin Holker and Bruce […]

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Get Out The Vote

On November 4th voters around the country will turn out and elect all 435 of our nation’s representatives, 33 senators, 38 governors, 46 state legislators, and a countless number of local elected officials. At Spring-Green Lawn Care, we know the value of voting. In fact, much of the great work we do is owed in part to elections. To begin with, Spring-Green’s National Advisory Council, which is elected by area franchisees, helps new and existing franchises provide the kind of quality lawn care customers have come to expect. Run by […]

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Happy Halloween from Spring-Green

Sooner rather than later, winter will be here and with it, the holiday season. Our homes and lawns may be festooned with decorations now, but it’s only a matter of time before many are blanked in a sea of white. As our lawns and gardens take a much-deserved break from giving us the beautiful views we love, why not take the time to make sure that you, too, are finding a good balance between work and play? While we’re taking a well-deserved rest from a hectic year, Spring-Green is always […]

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Learn more about the Spring-Green FlexStart® program

Buying a franchise can be intimidating for a lot of people, and with good reason. Taking over a franchise takes time, money, and patience, all things no person wants to lose as a result of investing in a franchise that doesn’t respect that the transition process can be a trying one. With Spring-Green Lawn Care, franchise owners can rest confident their specific circumstances are well-appreciated. No more is this evident throughout the franchise buying process than with Spring-Green’s Flex Start® program. For the right franchise owners, Spring-Green allows new owners […]

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Understanding Exit Strategies

Control Your Exit There are several reasons why becoming a Spring-Green franchise owner makes sense, and one of the most compelling is that Spring-Green franchise owners have the benefit of being able to leverage the collective knowledge of the entire franchise system. Having a technology platform that allows you to compare key business performance data against your goals, historical performance and your peers’ performance can be very powerful, and also very compelling when you think about retiring, transitioning your business to a son or daughter or selling your business to […]

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Spring-Green at the GIE+Expo

It’s October, which means it’s time to start thinking about the Green Industry and Equipment Expo (GIE+Expo). Each year, the Expo serves as the industry’s introduction to a score of innovative new lawn care products and services, with over 700 exhibitors attending in 2014. This year’s expo will take place from Wednesday, October 22 through Friday, October 24 with access to all industry participants beginning on Thursday, October 23 starting at 9:00 AM. The Expo will be held at the KY Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky. If you haven’t registered for […]

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Spring-Green Lawn Care Announces All-New Website

Autumn may be approaching, but at Spring-Green Lawn Care new ideas continue to bloom. Today, Spring-Green is pleased to announce a number of additions to the company’s all-new website that will benefit visitors by providing a streamlined, smoother interface, a deeper wellspring of lawn care knowledge and an overall ability to tailor the website to a user’s nearest Spring-Green location to provide customized offers. Users who visit Spring-Green.com will notice a breadth of new content to educate users on lawn care ranging from videos to detailed how-to guides. All visitors […]

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Spring-Green Makes Military Times Best For Vets Franchise List

Spring-Green Lawn Care is honored to be recognized by Military Times for the company’s commitment to America’s veterans and their spouses. Spring-Green appears on Military Times’ 2014-2015 Best for Vets: Franchises List, which was published in the September 2014 issue of Military Times EDGE magazine. The list, which was formed after assessing the results of a 110-question survey given to franchises, considers each company’s efforts in helping veterans achieving success with their business. Criteria include financial incentives offered to veterans, brand performance, and policies which cater to those who have […]

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