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Kennemore
Nursery
has grown
with foilage
Behind the small frame house that
serves as an office, and the 10 or so
greenhouses that surround it, Kenne
more’s Nursery is one of Forsyth
County’s largest agribusinesses, en
compassing about 25 acres.
Located in south Forsyth County,
the nursery is operated by Howard
Kennmmore and his two sons, Larry
and Lanier.
It was in 1947, when he was hauling
boxwoods out of North Carolina, that
Howard Kennemore got his start in
the nursery business.
He learned about plants through
subcontracting work with Young and
Son Nursery.
In 1955, Kennemore purchased land
at the intersection of Mullinax and
Union Hill roads, where his sales
office is now located.
Today, the nursery grows a wide
variety of plants inside about 50
greenhouses.
The Kennemore’s also purchase a
lot of the products they sell from
places as far away as California and
Oregon.
If you happen to drive by a new
development in metro Atlanta and
see trees being planted, chances are
they came from Kennemore’s Nurs
ery.
Howard Kennemore says he’s sold
a lot of big trees, including some last
year that went for S2OO each.
He also sells a lot of juniper trees,
which are used in landscaping, and
about 1,000 pots of “Monkey Grass”
Business Notes
Finance seminar
planned here
Two seminars designed to help the
small business person, professionals,
retired persons, or any other individ
ual have a better insight into desira
ble investments, tax shelters and
retirement planning, are being held
at Cumming City Park this fall.
The Financial Planning seminar
will be held Oct. 7, 14 and 21. The
Retirement Planning is scheduled for
Nov. 4 and 11. The fee for each course
is $lO. The instructor for the seminars
will be Jean Pudenz from A.T. Ed
wards & Sons, Inc. of Gainesville.
For more information contact the
City Park at 887-5655.
BPW workshop
slated Oct. 12
“BPW: Helping Women Get into
Business” is the theme for an excit
ing morning of seminars, workshops
and a luncheon that is being spon
sored by the Cumming & Forsyth
County Business and Professional
THE
BROWN
Chiropractic Clinic
Hwy. 9 South—Vi mile from Tri-County Plazc
1. Headaches, Nervousness, Dizziness, and Tension.
2. Neck Pains, Torticollis, Bursitis, and arm pains.
3. Muscular aches of upper back, shoulders,& arms.
4. Chest pain, functional Heart distress, difficult
breathing, and asthma.
5. Stomach and liver disorders.
6. Shingles, and disturbances of the upper bowels.
7. Kidney disorders, skin disturbances, and mid bock
ache.
8. Slipped disc, lumbogo, and low-back pains.
9. Sciatica, constipation, menstrual problems, and
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10. Bladder disturbances, leg cramps, and colon
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per week.
The nursery employs about 16 peo
ple, and sells mainly to customers in
the Atlanta, Gainesville and Cedar
town areas. In addition to developers,
other customers include builders and
small nurseries.
North of the sales office on a wind
ing dirt road, the Kennemores have
built the majority of their green
houses.
Lined up in rows, they contain
thousands of potted pliuits waiting for
Women’s organization on Saturday,
Oct. 12.
The fee for all events, which in
cludes lunch, is sl7 if pre-registered
or S2O at the door.
For more information, call 889-0445
or 887-6992.
Management
workshop set
in Gainesville
Gainesville Junior College and the
University of Georgia Small Business
Development Center, in partnership
with the U.S. Small Business Admin
istration present “Managing Statisti
cal Information: A Special Course for
Managers.”
This one-day workshop will be held
Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The fee is $75 which includes lunch.
Managers, workers and support
staff are discovering that effective
participative management programs
demand more than good task group
skills. The effective team must also
understand statistical concepts in
order to collect meaningful data
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Howard Kennemore got his iart in the nursery business in 1947
delivery to aiome or development.
The greenbuses were viewed by a
team of judgs on a tour of agribusi
nesses in Foi rth County last week.
The tour v s part of a statewide
agribusiness lompetition, in which
Forsyth is cc ipeting with four other
Georgia couiies for top honors.
With all th bad news about farm
ing today, p ces like Kennemore’s
Nursery are reminder that agricul
ture can be Successful business.
Like mani other businesses in
about baselife conditions and to mea
sure the effdts of change strategies.
It defeatsthe purpose of partici
pative mangement to call in front
office persohel to assist the group
with “numbr crunching.” This pro
gram teachf basic concepts of sta
tistical analkis needed for effective
decision malng.
The leade for the workshop is
Kathleen Urierwood, senior partner
in Underwod Associates. She has a
backgrounds management and hu
man behavir, project management,
university (aching and secretarial
science.
She is completing a doctorate in
managemen under a Presidential
Fellowship s Georgia Tech.
Leaning Center
helps job hunters
The Gaineville-Hall County Adult
Learning Cater is offering free serv
ices to eligile individuals who need
help in findig a job.
The progim includes instruction
in job seekig skills, job counseling
and individalized help.
y
America, the nursery also illustrates
what can be done with dreams and a
desire to make them work.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985
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WE ARE NOW
LEASING
AUTOMOBILES
Daily or Weekly Rentals
• Yearly Leases A vailable •
FOR RATES CALL:
887-9376
Gilbert Motors Rental & leasing
Hwy. 9 North
Cumming, Ga.
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HARVEST CURB MARKET
October 11-12, 1985
Friday & Saturday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Gainesville Civic Center
Green Street Gainesville, Georgia
• QUILT SHOW • PERFORMING ARTISTS
• CRAFTS Ft DEMONSTRATIONS
• CATTLE Et DAIRY SHOW
• MOUNTAIN GROWN VEGETABLES
• GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS
For more information:
Gainesville-Hall County Chamber of Commerce
(404) 532-6206
Sponsors
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