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Article: LAWN-CARE INDUSTRY BOOMS GREEN GROW THE GRASS AND THE WALLET.(Business)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 14, 1987
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Byline: Mark S.R. Suchecki Business writer
There may be a logical reason for the grass always seeming greener in someone else's yard.
Professional lawn care.
Companies offering lawn maintenance services have mushroomed in the last decade, with more than 3,600 firms providing the service nationally in a $1.25 billion-a-year industry, according to Gary Clayton, spokesman for the Professional Lawn Care Association in Marietta, Ga.
National figures indicate as many as one in 11 homes are serviced by lawn-care companies that work to control weeds and insects and fertilize lawns. Local companies say that ratio is met, even exceeded, in some ...