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Now you can plow your driveway or mow your lawn from your phone.

The latest tech start-up to take advantage of the red-hot tap-tap app business model is Plowz and Mowz. As the name suggests, the app allows you to plow and mow your property with just the tap of a button. Think "Uber for hailing a snowplow."

As co-founder Wills Mahoney explains, it used to be that you would have to call a company and then pay price-gouging rates if you wanted snow removed during a blizzard, and that was if the company answered your call. Plowz and Mowz does the dirty work for you, setting you up with an accredited company and getting the job done fast.

This simple concept is starting to pay off for the company entering its third year.

Were in this great environment where everyone wants to tap a button and just get things done, Mahoney said.

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It was a good week for Plowz and Mowz. As the Northeast blizzard dumped two feet of snow on Boston, Mahoney and Co. saw record use of their app, coordinating plows of over 2,000 driveways in a 24-hour period, and helping one snowplow provider walk away with over $10,000 extra in cash, according to Mahoney.

Its an antiquated industry, Mahoney said of the plow business. Were getting these companies customers theyve never seen before, and really drumming up business for these guys.

Welcome to the Uber business model, one that has the ability to make everyday life simpler, more flexible, and more profitable.There has been a wildfire-like expansion of on-demand app services. Uber for taxis; AirBnB for housing; Tindr for dates; Seamless for food; Netflix for video. Its estimated that mobile apps could be bringing in $70 billion in revenue by 2017. Investors are taking notice, pouring money into on-demand anything, from doctor-finding apps, to handyman-sourcing apps.

Plowing driveways and mowing lawns may not be the sexiest service on the on-demand spectrum, but its part of a new wave Mahoney is hoping to ride. Mahoneys company currently includes 30 cities, from Miami to Anchorage, and partners with over 1,300 local companies. The most profitable markets have been Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Boston.

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Stuart O. Dawson Biography: Prelude [1 of 10]
A landscape architect for over 50 years, Dawson still loves to work with his colleagues and clients. Interviewed by Charles A. Birnbaum, June 2009. For more ...

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Daniels Public Lecture: Kathryn Gustafson "A Place that Fits: Landscape Architecture"
On March 4, 2014, the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design welcomed landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson to present the 2014 Michael Hough / Ontario Association of...

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Villa Park, IL (PRWEB) January 30, 2015

Oly-Ola Edgings, a leading producer of premium grade 100% recycled commercial paver restraint and landscape edging products, announces the formation of Oly-Ola Global. This global division is dedicated to serving landscape architect and contractor customers around the world.

Oly-Ola Global integrates the North American expertise of Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc. with additional global capabilities, including recommending edgings for specific applications, referring landscape architects/contractors to our international distribution network, providing air and ocean rates from reliable freight forwarders, overseeing foreign shipments, and preparing international documents.

Over the years we have seen a dramatic increase in our international business. We opened up a division dedicated to handling the needs of our international customers in order to give them the same high level of specialized service they would receive in the states, explains Aymie Clayton, vice president of Oly-Ola Edgings.

Oly-Ola Global can be reached by email at global(at)olyola(dot)com or visit http://olyola.com/worldwide-ship.php

For over 35 years, Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc., headquartered in Villa Park, Illinois, USA, has produced the most complete line of 100% recycled polyethylene/vinyl edging and paver restraints in the landscape industry. Oly-Ola promises the industrys strongest comprehensive domestic guarantee: 100% Plus for 20 Years Includes All Freight and Labor. Their shipping policy is hassle-free and orders are delivered by the industrys fastest shipping. They also maintain a large inventory 12 months a year, so there are no back orders. Oly-Ola has an international distributor network and supports many national and state landscape organizations. For more information, please call or write:

Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc. 124 E. St. Charles Road, Villa Park, IL 60181 Phone: (800) 334-4647 Fax: (630) 833-0816 Website: http://www.olyola.com E-mail: edgings(at)olyola(dot)com

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Reconstruction slated to start this summer

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

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RESIDENTS EXAMINE PLANS for reconstruction of North Street this summer following a presentation on the project Wednesday at City Hall. City officials and Jennifer Claster, a landscape architect for Wright-Pierce, said now is the time to hear concerns from residents and learn details about this portion of the road before plans are finalized. DARCIE MOORE / THE TIMES RECORD BATH

City officials and a landscape architect with Wright-Pierce unveiled plans for reconstruction of North Street this summer at an hour-long meeting Wednesday night in the basement of City Hall.

The first phase of the project will stretch from the Five Corners intersection (where North, Oak Grove and Lincoln streets and Congress Avenue come together) to High Street. A second phase, anticipated to be completed in 2016, would continue the reconstruction further to Washington Street.

Peter Owen, Baths public works director, said now is the time to hear feedback from residents and learn about subsurface issues specific to their properties. There were at least 40 residents attending the meeting.

JENNIFER CLASTER Wright-Pierce landscape architect Jennifer Claster said North Street is part of a city-designated primary bike route between the Sagadahoc Bridge and West Bath, and also part of the interim onroad route for the East Coast Greenway and U.S. Bike Route 1A. This route will connect to a local and more regional trail that will link the Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path to the Kennebec River.

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1012 foot Nellie Stevens Screen Ideal for solving screening challenges as well as for use in stand-alone plantings or groupings.

Nellie Stevens Holly: Considered by some to be the Grand Dame of southern landscapes, Nellie Stevens Holly is valued for its rich green foliage, vibrant red berries as well as its heat and drought tolerance once established. This beautiful holly can also comfortably push into the 6b climate zone regions of the coastal Northeast and Middle Atlantic. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and will grow about 12 or more per year. It is very adaptable to shearing and can be kept to a desired height and width with regular pruning. (Height can reach 30 feet with 12 feet of width if not pruned.)

Green Giant Arborvitae: This great evergreen plant was developed by crossing the Western Red Cedar and Leyland Cypress. It has the great attributes of fast growth associated with the Leyland but none of the problems such as weak root systems, etc. This evergreen is used extensively in landscapes to provide screening solutions. It is adaptable from full-sun to a fairly heavy amount of shade which is not the norm with coniferous evergreens. This tree does not like shearing and therefore should be used where it can grow unimpeded. Growth of up to 2 feet or more per year. (Height can reach 40 feet with width of 15 feet.)

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Conyers Garden Club awarded the landscape plaque for January to Gail Roberson and Dumont Camp at 3672 Sweet Briar Lane. The green color and lush texture of their fescue lawn, evident even in winter, requires a fertilizing schedule in fall and spring. Fall over-seeding is sometimes necessary to maintain the coverage. Pine straw islands add contrast to the yard. The homeowners also plant a vegetable garden each spring. (Special Photo)

Conyers Garden Club awarded the landscape plaque for January to Gail Roberson and Dumont Camp at 3672 Sweet Briar Lane. The green color and lush texture of their fescue lawn, evident even in winter, requires a fertilizing schedule in fall and spring. Fall over-seeding is sometimes necessary to maintain the coverage. Pine straw islands add contrast to the yard. The homeowners also plant a vegetable garden each spring.

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A state senator is proposing to end the funding mechanism created last year that helps keep New Mexicos smaller hospitals afloat.

Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe is sponsoring SB117, which would end the obligation for counties to contribute to the Safety Net Care Pool at the end of 2018. That fund helps 29 primarily rural hospitals cover the cost of indigent care.

A law passed in 2014 requires all counties to contribute the equivalent of a one-twelfth percent gross-receipts tax, totaling around $24 million, into the care pool fund. Bernalillo and Sandoval counties do not have to contribute because they already have a property tax to support indigent care at University of New Mexico hospitals in their areas.

The mechanism replaced the 20-year-old Sole Community Provider program, which funded the hospitals with supplemental federal Medicaid payments and contributions from counties.

New Mexico Hospital Association President and CEO Jeff Dye said such funds have been a critical component in keeping some smaller hospitals from closing.

Dye said the federal government provides $2.38 for every dollar counties and the state contribute. He is also concerned about the level of state funding. If money isnt forthcoming from within New Mexico, federal dollars would be left on the table.

This is the lifeblood for keeping our hospitals afloat, Dye said.

An additional 185,000 New Mexicans received coverage through a Medicaid expansion in 2014, reducing the amount of uncompensated care, but Dye said its still unclear how that will play out in the long term. He said his organization views the proposed sunset date of 2018 as premature.

The changes in uncompensated care funding are new, Dye said. Were only in the second year of analysis in how this (the Safety Net Care Pool funding mechanism) works.

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