Yellowstone Landscape Acquires Native Land Design in Texas

Yellowstone Landscape has acquired Austin-based Native Land Design. Native land Design has operations  in Austin, Houston, and McAllen, Texas. “I met with a lot of great people during the process and Yellowstone stood out,” said Native’s founder, Ben Collinsworth. “We have very similar operations, people, software, processes and priorities. We are all very excited to continue in this journey with Yellowstone and believe we will be able to mutually benefit each other for years to come.” Native Land Design has current revenue around $15 million and a staff of approximately 250 people.

JMR Landscaping Acquires Thames Landscaping in Illinois

JMR Landscaping of Libertyville, Illinois, has acquired Thames Landscape and Design. Joseph M. Rossa (Joey), founder and owner of JMR Landscaping, credits John Thames with much of his success. Family friends since 2002, Rossa was a young boy andalways admired Thames’ business, wanting to help whenever possible. He performed much of the labor himself, while peppering Thames with questions and wanting to learn all he could. Rossa took some small jobs for Thames, hoping that they would lead to greater responsibilities, as he had dreams of running his own business one day. Since being founded in 2011 and continuing to … Read more

CAI Capital Partners Acquires Ansan Group

 CAI Capital Partners (“CAI”), together with a group of co-investors, has acquired Ansan Traffic Group Ltd. and its related companies (together, “Ansan” or the “Company”). Headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia with multiple locations across the province, Ansan is the largest provider of traffic management and control services in British Columbia. Ansan provides traffic control personnel, lane closure services, traffic permits and traffic management plans, road maintenance and landscaping/vegetation management services. The Company’s solutions help to direct and re-route vehicle and pedestrian traffic in support of infrastructure construction, repair, or maintenance projects that affect public roadways. Its customers include municipalities, utilities, … Read more

Blue Point Capital Enters Vegetation Management, Acquiring WA Kendall in Georgia

Blue Point Capital Partners, in partnership with management, has recapitalized W.A. Kendall and Co. (“WAK”), a provider of vegetation management services to utility companies in the Southeast United States. Headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia, WAK provides tree trimming, mowing, line clearing, debris removal, storm restoration, and other services to utility customers.  Service demand is largely driven by regulatory requirements and the necessity to routinely manage vegetation to mitigate power outages.  For nearly 50 years, WAK has been providing these critical services required by investor-owned and public utilities, as well as rural electric co-ops, to ensure power lines remain safe and operational. … Read more

Five Reasons Why Your Business Is Too Dependent On You

If you were to draw a picture that visually represents your role in your business, what would it look like? Are you at the top of an organizational chart, or stuck in the middle of your business like a hub in a bicycle wheel? The in the bicycle wheel illustrates your role in the business and how dependent your business is on you for survival. When you serve as the hub, your business can only as strong as the hub. The moment the hub is overwhelmed, the entire system fails. Acquirers generally avoid these types of managed businesses because they … Read more