Back row; Fred Dunn, Jay Stephano, Neil Stone, Garrett Huntley, Lance Simonin, Kevin Duffy, David Court, Jordan Simnovic and Ryan Campbell. Front row; Crystal Cure, Derek Stainer, Alex Hefford, Danielle Thompson, Kris Sloan, Chris Henderson and Tyler Feist. Photo by Rebecca Lippiatt
A Peek Over
the Edge
Cutting Edge Landscaping Ltd. celebrates 30 years by revealing the mindset behind their employee-first company and ground-breaking projects. By Nerissa McNaughton
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ris Sloan had nothing to lose, the day his boss, Peter Mulder, called him into an emergency meeting to tell him the business was in jeopardy. That was the day Sloan started his journey from employee to owner – and discovered that landscaping was about far more than meets the eye. It all began in 1990 when Mulder rented a truck, borrowed a lawnmower and, with a friend, started mowing lawns as a business. Within 10 years Cutting Edge Landscaping Ltd. had
experienced consistent growth. Sloan joined Cutting Edge in 2007. At that time, the company had approximately 50 staff in the summer and 15 in the winter. The opportunity to work at Cutting Edge came at the right time for Sloan. The years prior to his joining the team were challenging. He had hit rock bottom and had zero direction and even less hope. Through the ups and downs of life, Sloan managed to graduate from the Telecommunications Engineering Program at NAIT in 2001, but after two years in the industry, he knew he had not found his true calling ‌ yet. Cutting Edge Landscaping Ltd. || 30 Years
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