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Author: Marisa Palmieri

Marisa Palmieri

Marisa Palmieri

Marisa Palmieri is an experienced Green Industry editor who's won numerous awards for her coverage of the landscape and golf course markets from the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA), the Press Club of Cleveland and the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In 2007, ASBPE named her a Young Leader. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism, cum laude, from Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism.

A Cut Above: A.I.R. Lawn Care

Zack Kline, 23, exudes enthusiasm when he speaks about his company, A.I.R. Lawn Care, based in Montgomery County, Md. His 1-year-old business is green in more ways than one: A.I.R. stands for “atmosphere improvement and renewal.” The company is living up to its name with its battery-powered handheld equipment, solar-paneled truck and an electric commercial-grade […]

Changing your company name might be a hassle, but it could pay off

When D.J. Vander Slik was mowing lawns in Grand Rapids, Mich., at age 12, a customer asked him for a receipt. He didn’t have any, so the homeowner helped him write something up, jotting down D.J.’s Lawn Service on the slip. “I thought, ‘Sure, that sounds good,’” Vander Slik says of his 12-year-old self. The […]

Proud partner of PLANET

Sixteen: The number of years Green Industry volunteers have come together to beautify Arlington National Cemetery during the annual Renewal & Remembrance (R&R) event, held by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET). 400: The number of volunteers at this year’s event on July 9. $2 million-plus: The estimated value of the labor and materials donated by […]

Least we could do

It’s hard not to get choked up when you’re taking part in PLANET’s Renewal & Remembrance event at Arlington National Cemetery. Here, for the past 16 years, Green Industry volunteers have convened to donate their time and materials to help preserve the hallowed grounds where so many of our country’s finest men and women rest. […]

A Cut Above: Steve Rak II

Want to know the focus of Southwest Landscape Management, a 22-year-old firm based in Columbia Station, OH? A line in President Steve Rak II’s email signature sums it up: “We put maintenance first.” The company, which Rak runs with his father, Steve Rak Sr., specializes in commercial maintenance (and snow removal), although it has been […]

A boomerang member of the landscape industry

Last month when I started as editor of Landscape Management I traded notes with many people I’d met during my first time around in the landscape market. (Two years ago, after reporting on the Green Industry for four years, I switched markets to work as editor of Paperboard Packaging. Yes, there is a trade magazine […]

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