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| Hiring Undocumented Worker's Can Cause Legal Nightmares |
| Monday, January 17, 2011 |
Rick Girard last year thought he was following the federal rules for verifying the eligibility of employees to work in the U.S. Instead, the owner of Girard Environmental Services, a Sanford-based landscaping and management company, found out the hard way that he was mistaken. |
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| My Biggest Mistake, Lessons Learned the Hard Way |
| Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| Rick Girard Founded Girard's Landscaping and General Maintenance in the early 1990's and quickly grew it to 30 full-time employees with monthly revenues of about $85,000. His brother Randy and father Leo also were involved in the company. |
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| Back from the Brink |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| Rick Girard has come a long way in 14 years. In October 1995, the owner of Sanford-based Girard Environmental Services declared bankruptcy, unable to contend with a staggering debt, including a $120,000 bill from the IRS. This year, he projects his company will earn $23 million. |
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| When It Matters! |
| Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| Rick Girard takes his business seriously. Most business owners do. But Rick is a different sort. Rick started his landscape business in 1989 when he was 19 and full of dreams. Six years later he was forced to close it. He filed for bankruptcy and let 30 workers go. |
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| Its a Family Affair, Meet the Owners of Three Businesses |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| There’s almost no one in the world who can make you crazy quite as well as your sibling. Just ask brothers Rick and Randy Girard, co-founders of Girard Environmental Services, a landscaping company in Sanford, Florida. Rick, 36, believes it’s the passion both he and his brother have for the business that can make their arguments so heated. |
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| Company Donates K9 Cops to Local Florida Police Department |
| Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| The streets of Sanford, Florida just got safer—thanks to two new four-legged officers. At a recent Sanford Commissioners meeting, Girard Environmental Services donated two K-9's, a Labrador Retriever and a German Shepherd to the Sanford Police Department’s K-9 unit. |
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| News In Full Bloom |
| Sunday, January 1, 2006 |
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In the competitive market of local television news, many stations are "taking it outside." They're doing this literally by designing outdoor studios to complement and enhance newscasts. In Lake Mary, FL, FOX's network affiliate WOFL wanted to take advantage of the state's year-round favorable weather by being the first Central Florida news station to have its own open-air studio.
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| When Entrepreneurs Risk It All and Lose |
| Saturday, July 30, 2005 |
| Listening to Rick Girard describe his bustling landscaping business outside Orlando, Fla., as one of the state's largest, you might not guess that his first lawn care venture was a bust. |
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| Overhead Awareness |
| Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| Rick Girard never received a college degree. And in retrospect, Girard says maybe he didn’t need one. Girard’s business lessons came from real-world experiences while running his own landscape companies. When he started his first business at 19, Girard was like many young entrepreneurs: ambitious but unprepared for the responsibilities that accompany a growing enterprise. |
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| Focus on Girard Environmental Services |
| Tuesday, January 4, 2005 |
| They are everywhere in Central Florida. Sixty-seven white trucks with green logos. But who are they and what do they do? Sanford, Florida based Girard Environmental Services (GES) is one of the leading "green industry” companies in the nation, offering design services, construction services, and management services to companies and communities throughout Central Florida. |
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| Green Industry Company Has Grown from Petunia to Sequoia-Sized Profits |
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
| Of all adjectives that can be flung in Rick Girard’s direction, "tenacious” may apply best. The success of Girard Environmental Services can be laid squarely at the feet of the company’s chief executive officer by virtue of his persistence in dusting himself off after several business upsets. |
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| Nationally Recognized Landscape Contractors Keep it All in the Family |
| Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| Tucked away quite literally underneath the SR 46 overpass, Girard Environmental Services goes about its business. So hidden are these full-service landscaping contractors, the average person might not even know they exist; unless of course they ride by in one of the trains that passes over the tracks right next to it. |
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