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CHRISTIAN SCHLOEGEL ,
OWNER OF C+I SERVICES LLC A TEENAGE LANDSCAPER GROWS FULL-SERVICE MAINTENANCE COMPANY
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landscape maintenance company is quickly growing in the Chicago area. The team provides a variety of services, including commercial and residential lawn care, plant installation and snow removal. They have committed staff members, an experienced leader and a long list of loyal customers. Their clientele is rapidly growing thanks to referrals from those happy customers and strategic business software tools, like Jobber. The group is also expanding its arsenal of tools, even looking to invest in updated batterypowered equipment. C+I Services is progressing the way any landscape group would hope to. What makes the team stand out, though, is that it is owned and managed by a 19-year-old. Christian Schloegel is a teenager, college student and business owner. He has been in the business for nearly a decade, after launching his landscape company when he was only in the fifth grade. Inspired by the landscapers managing his own front yard, he began taking care of his neighbors’ properties. Word traveled around his neighborhood, and soon he was providing services to dozens of homes nearby. Christian’s business grew as he moved
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