Economic Profile of Atlanta Landscape Maintenance and Lawn Care Firms
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This project received partial funding from the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources. The cost of publishing this paper was defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. Under postal regulations, this paper therefore must be hereby marked advertisement solely to indicate this fact. Landscape maintenance and lawn care (LM/LC) services are a rapidly growing sector of the economy. Growth of these services occurred in response to demand factors, such as the population increase and rising incomes. The return of many spouses to the workforce allowed twoincome families to allocate a share of their earnings toward purchasing LM/ LC services (Hubbard et al., 1989). In Georgia, the rate of population and income growth, the popularity of planned communities, and the mild climate extending the growing season contribute to the demand for LM/LC services. Earlier surveys of LM/LC industries (Hubbard et al., 1989, 1990) in Georgia led to the conclusion that a full-scale census of all segments of the Georgia ornamental industry was needed. We performed a survey of firms providing LM/LC services in the Atlanta metro area (AMA) to provide insights into the economic characteristics of firms supplying LM/LC services. Our study provides a thorough economic profile serving as the basis for the evaluation of the industry’s needs and potential economic impact.
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