PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard E. Abbott
AU  - Elizabeth L. Buchanan
TI  - Government and Other Assistance to Small Businesses
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1987.029
DP  - 1987 May 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 135--138
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/5/135.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/5/135.full
SO  - JOA1987 May 01; 13
AB  - There are more than 46,000 tree and landscape service companies in the U.S.A. according to the most recent government census. The majority of these firms are good, experienced arborists/landscapers, but they have little or no formal business training. Assistance to Green Industry small businesses is available from numerous government agencies, educational organizations, commercial and trade associations, financial groups and business consultants. Some of these free or low cost businesses management assistance resources are available to tree or landscape service companies wherever they are located, but they need to look for them. Tree and landscape business owners must truly “Become Business Professionals as well as Tree Professionals” in order to prosper and survive in today’s economic and regulated society.