Turning a corner?

[Dennis J. Jarrard, PLA, CLARB]

Agreed.  I think there is room for optimism and I have been feeling it for several months.  Our firm has been experiencing a lot of positive affects of a slowly turning economy.  Adding new clients, old clients starting to develop more and more even some international work.  We have actually been in a small hiring mode lately too.  We just hired a Landscape Architect in one of our offices.  Other offices are adding entry level architects and engineers.  Like you said we are not out of the woods by any means, but there are reasons to feel optimistic!!  To better days ahead.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the positive discussion Michael.

 

After three years of competing with “free design” landscape contractors for residential work and feeding myself positive affirmations, I feel like we’re starting to turn the corner. After hundreds of cold calls, responding to several RFPs, and looking under every stone for work, I landed a full landscape architectural service project consisting of two buildings on a state university campus. Believe it or not there’s actually enough funds budgeted to do something interesting.

 

I’m not celebrating just yet, I have a long way to go to get back to where I was in 2007, but at least I’m starting to see all of my efforts bear a little fruit.  Although I feel it’s premature to start popping corks, it is a nice feeling to know I stand a better chance of paying my bills this year than I did last year.

 

It’s amazing how motivating the fear of living on the street can be.

[Leslie B Wagle]

Good to hear this, as I just came here after reading a MarketWatch article about the federal deficit and what the recession will have cost the economy that actually said “by the time it recovers in 2016.”

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