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t’s not every day that we hear about two separate entities of the landscaping world collaborating and merging into one company. The new year brought a new vision for syncing landscaping and water management as Bland Landscaping Company Inc., a leading North Carolina provider of commercial landscaping management services, acquired Foster Lake & Pond Management.
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Kurt Bland Discusses Acquiring Foster Lake & Pond Management
With offices in the Research Triangle and Greater Charlotte Metropolitan Area, Foster tends to lakes, ponds and fisheries across the state of North Carolina, upstate South Carolina and southern Virginia.“We believe this is the first merger of its kind to combine our two respective disciplines, and we expect to see more such activities as stormwater and green infrastructure management continue to have an increasing role in the development and management of real estate throughout the rapidly growing markets we service across the Carolinas,” notes Kurt Bland, president of Bland Landscaping Company.
Building Synergy For the last 20 years, the two companies worked alongside one another. Kurt speaks highly of Johnny Foster, founder and president of Foster Lake & Pond Management, and his skilled team of lake and pond management professionals. FOSTER’S TRAINING
“We teamed up on projects, co-hosted marketing events and have gotten to know each other as professional friends,” Kurt explains. “When Johnny decided to sell, he called and asked if we were interested in adding this line of business to our platform, and I did not pause for one second before saying an enthusiastic ‘yes.’” Bland Landscaping, based in Apex, is one of North Carolina’s leading full-service
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