J.C. Landscaping News
March 2011
A day of learning at Gillette Stadium with experts from solu Cal, MA State Troopers- Truck Team, Randy Prostak from U MASS on turf and weed science. We also met with field operations from the New England Patriots and saw how they maintain their fields.
December 2010
Jon Crandall on the Importance of Mid-season marketing
Now that you have renewed your previous clients and hopefully signed on a few new ones, are your marketing efforts complete until next year?
October 2010
Article by Jon Crandall published in Snow Business mag
The thought of bringing in a new, bigger sale makes everyone smile, but what if so much energy is focused on that new sale that the company loses sight of its extremely important and profitable existing customers?
August 2010
JC Whitepaper: How changes in the law effect snow removal
On July 26th, the Supreme Judicial Court changed a more than century old ruling of how slip and fall lawsuits are handled (see Boston Globe article). We asked our company attorney to briefly explain the effects of this change in law. We also wanted his opinion on how we as service providers and our customers as property owners and managers may be affected. We are posting this memo for all to see. Our response is to look at the positive side. We will continue to evolve our record keeping on how and when we serviced our properties. We will continue to stress good communication and follow through between our property managers, our staff, and our vendors. We want to be as prepared as possible so in the uneventful situation that one of our clients and/or partners is effected by a claim we will have all of the tools necessary to help defend them. We will make sure that between continuing our staffs education, annual investments in new innovative technologies and products our service will always be of the highest quality. We will make sure our clients and partners will be proven to have kept their properties at a more than reasonably safe level.
Entrepreneur magazine
Jon Crandall is featured in the August 2010 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. JC Landscaping's recent multilayered prospecting campaign and marketing practices was applauded in an article entitled, "The Entrepreneur's Sales Guide."
Class is in Session
Once again we are proud to host another session of JC University. In September we will offer a Massachusetts Hoisting Certification 2A-1C class facilitated by State Trooper Dan Eaton from ALL Phase Training. The class will begin at 9am on the 11th of September at our facility (11 Railroad Ave. Peabody, MA). Please call me directly at 978-532-9368 if you are interested. Last year we had over 25 graduates!!
We will have a second class for commercial Class A drivers License in October. This Class will be offsite which will also be open to any of our customers, employees, and vendors free of charge.
August Weather Newsletter
Check out the August issue of the Weather Works Newsletter [390MB PDF]. They have some interesting points about a potential long winter and El Niña developing. We will be starting to prepare proposals for this upcoming season so I will be in touch soon.
July 2010
New Law Makes Prompt Snow Removal Even Smarter
07/26/2010 Boston Business Journal - SJC upends 100 years of slip-and-slide law
The Massachusetts Supreme Court recently overturned a 100 year old law that protected property owners from slip and fall lawsuits when the accident was caused by a "natural accumulation of snow and ice." I have asked a prominent Suffolk law professor and practicing attorney for a nonbiased view of how this change in law will affect our customers and our company. I hope to release his views next week as a whitepaper on our website.
Brooksby Village Independence Day Parade
The JC Team spent part of July 3rd celebrating Independence Day with our friends at Brooksby Village. We were pulling special cargo, the entire general services department, dressed as the crew from Gilligan's Island aboard the SS Minow.
June 2010
SIMA 2010, Providence, RI
JC's GM and founder, Jonathan Crandall, together with Chris Wilson, Specialty Crew Chief and David Knodel, Turf Specialist, attended the 2010 SIMA Symposium also known as "the greatest show in snow." We met with many vendors and colleagues, including our friends from Natural Landscape and KAGE Innovations, and learned about the latest products and technology, including safer sidewalk ice melting practices.
We took advantage of numerous educational opportunities from respected industry professionals on topics ranging from weather science, human resources, customer service and good operational practices. Each year brings new and innovative products and technologies to the industry. We are excited about how these innovations will help us better serve our customers.
March 2010
Jon Crandall and JC Landscaping are featured on page 24 of the March 19 issue of the Boston Business Journal.
- Download the Boston Business Journal [11MB PDF]
October 2009
JC Landscaping was featured in the September/October 2009 issue of Snow Business Magazine. In an article entitled Lean on Me, Jon Crandall, president of JC Landscaping, credits consultants and mentors for helping him boost business and think about the big picture.
- Download the Snow Business Magazine article [109KB PDF]
September 2009
JC Landscaping has been named one of the top 100 North American snow removal contractors for 2009 by Snow Magazine. Contractors were ranked based on their 2008-09 snow removal revenue. JC Landscaping debuted on the list this year at number sixty seven.
September 19, 2009
JC Landscaping has instituted a program to further educate both it's employees and customers. We will be holding quarterly professionally facilitated educational programs on various industry related topics. The first of which will be a prep course to obtain the Massachusetts Hoisting Engineer License for 1c, 2a. This license preparation course will help all attendees prepare for the state exam. It will be facilitated by a MA State Trooper from the Department of Transportation.
Nov 1, 2008
JC Landscaping and Brooksby Village enter into a multi-year relationship for all grounds services (Snowplowing & Landscaping). We are proud to showcase Brooksby as our most prestigious account. It is an honor to provide our service to so many people in what should be the most laid back, relaxed period of their lives. This is a time where they can really enjoy their outside surroundings and it is extremely rewarding for us to make them as special as possible.
July 2, 2008
J.C. Landscaping helps Brooksby Village to bury a Yankees shirt. [ more ]
May 1, 2008
JC Landscaping hires Cathleen Hanlon for customer service and bookkeeping. "It will be great for our customers to get a live voice and prompt efficient answer to any billing question or service request." Jonathan Crandall
April 15, 2008
2007 was a very exciting year! J.C. Landscaping acquired T. O'Shea Landscaping, a Peabody-based firm that had been in business for more than 25 years. We look forward to providing our new clients with exceptional service throughout the 2008 season.