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began
operations in October 1994 with two full-time
employees, a truck, trailer and a handful
landscape maintenance customers. Since our
beginning,
ACA has focused itself on providing
industry-leading quality and service. It is
these values that have propelled our
referral-based growth to a $2,000,000/year
company with an extensive resume of
landscape projects that include both
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Founder Damon Rockett, became interested in
the landscaping business while working in
the summers during high school. He was
gratefully taken under the wing of Bob Smith
who taught him the ins and outs of the
industry. And after returning to West
Palm Beach from Orlando in 1994, Damon
started A Cut Above.
"I
decided on the name because I truly wanted
to be 'a cut above' all the other landscape
companies out there. Down here in
Florida, these companies are a dime a dozen,
but quality work and high standards are
something too few of us live up to."
Damon says about the reason behind the
company name.
Over
the next few years, ACA grew to over 50
employees and eventually brought a Landscape
Architect on staff, along with Irrigation
Certified Technicians. "We sent our key
employees to pest-control and irrigation
certification courses, and had many of them
get their CDL licenses." Damon
comments. "The more diversified
our staff is, the more likely we are to
acquire all aspects of a potential clients
landscaping needs, not just monthly
maintenance."
"All
in all, I am pleased with the growth rate we
have maintained. It was important to
me for us to grow slowly, as I didn't want
to outgrow my quality and service
standards." Currently, ACA
services over 85 residential accounts
monthly, maintains 13 residential complexes,
and performs an average of 14 new landscape
installs a month.
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