[ BEHIND THE BUSINESS ]
American Shoreline TERRANCE GEESE
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he business operations of Matt and Mandy Endrizzi have been a bit like the proverbial acorn. From the acorn of a lawnmowing business, a multi-faceted group of operations has grown, one of which has great importance in maintaining the beauty of Lake of Egypt. “We are not really widespread in what we do. It all revolves around a can do attitude and customer service,” Matt says. American Shoreline Inc, the portion of the operation you most likely will see at Lake of Egypt, operates only in Illinois, but a sister firm, Endrizzi Contracting Inc operating out of Vienna, offers line clearing operations catering to electrical interests, operating in multiple states – Illinois and Missouri. Endrizzi Contracting Inc also features a number of other associated services: herbicide application, forestry mowing, and bucket truck work. The entire operation began to develop back in March 1998, Matt says. With the help of his grandparents, Wayne and Betty Mott, he started a lawnmowing service. With lots of encouragement from his Mom and Dad, Mark and Ginger Endrizzi “We just continued to go up the ladder from there” he says. With lots of encouragement from his Mom and Dad, Mark and Ginger Endrizzi Along with operating a business, Matt headed off to school. “I went to a couple of years of school in urban forestry and landscaping,” he recalls.
Along the way, Endrizzi started working with a couple of other contractors, including his uncle, Morris Mott. Then a life-changing event happened; Matt met Mandy, who was in school at the time, studying to become a medical physician assistant, a program she completed. While Mandy saw patients in Vienna, she also had a key role in her partnership with Matt. Now, she no longer practices and the couple are devoted to fulltime work with their companies. After the couple met, they began focusing on their futures and goals, they recall. A good part of their attention during 2010 and 2011 was directed at landscaping around Lake of Egypt. “That was when we started to really grow,” Matt says. They were working together toward common goals. During that time frame, Matt and Mandy were married in 2012 and, in 2013, Mandy graduated her PA studies. While Mandy began work as a PA, attention was not diverted from the business operations the two had worked to develop. After seeing patients and after completion of that part of her day, Mandy handled the bookkeeping, paying the bills of the business, and payroll. Matt did estimates and worked on growing the enterprises. By about 2015, the couple had 12 employees. And more growth was ahead. In the spring of 2016, the couple decided to buy American Shoreline. That purchase gave them a solid footprint and high visibility in Southern Illinois and at Lake of Egypt. FALL 2021
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