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Welcome!  We started this newsletter to help landscape design/build contractors develop more effective business practices, create better projects, and realize the real value to what they bring to the profession.

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Get Paid for Design
Which would you rather do, plow snow in the cold, hang Christmas lights in winter, or design landscapes in a warm studio?

Instead of worrying about how cold and miserable it is outside, or running out to do Christmas lights, what if you GOT PAID FOR DESIGN?

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Meet a Design/Build Revolutionary
Profile: Bill Ripley, Owner, Architectural Landscape Design Inc., Cincinnati, OH

Years in Landscape Business: 25

Focus: I have two revenue streams:  smaller projects where I do design and hand off building to contractors; and larger projects where I do both design and general contracting. 

Most recent project: A $250,000 home landscape renovation project.

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What’s New at the Kinman Institute?
How our Seminars work
We thought this debut issue is the perfect place to show you exactly what goes on at one of our “Design/Build Professionalism” seminars.  We’ve been doing this for 35+ years and have helped hundreds of contractors improve their landscape design/build businesses instantly.

Here’s how we do it»

Seminar Schedule

January 29 & 30, 2009 (Immediately following CENTS 2009)

February 19 & 20, 2009

March 26 & 27, 2009

Seminars are held in Columbus, Ohio, at the Kinman Institute Conference Facility.

Click here for more information.

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