New Landscape Saves Water, Money for Arizona Community

This article is a press release written for BrightView. Arizona is known for its limited groundwater resources, even requiring new subdivision applicants in one of the five Active Management Areas (AMA) to demonstrate that there is sufficient, adequate-quality water for at least 100 years before being approved. Within the Phoenix AMA and located 20 miles west […]

BrightView Branch in Texas Works Out of Pickup Trucks after Harvey

This article is a news story written for BrightView. No one could have anticipated what Hurricane Harvey delivered to southeast Texas over the last week of August. “What a lot of people don’t understand is that a majority of what we had was a rain event,” said Sam Evans, BrightView Branch Manager in Katy, Texas. “We […]

BrightView Team Members Rescue Neighbors in Houston

This article is a news story written for BrightView. With floodwaters rising throughout Houston from Hurricane Harvey, BrightView’s John Shollar and Juan Garcia took it upon themselves to help their community anyway they could. Donning their BrightView safety vests, the two – joined by a few friends – went out into the flooded streets with a […]

Bowman Field Shines in Inaugural MLB “Little League Classic” Game

This article is a press release written for BrightView. More than 2,500 were in attendance at the inaugural MLB “Little League Classic” game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals Aug. 20 in Williamsport, Pa. Bowman Field was filled with all 16 teams competing to be the Little League World Series champion and their families, […]

BrightView Develops, Maintains Landscape at ‘The Cannery’

This article is a press release written for BrightView. The Cannery is the state’s first farm-to-table new home community where residents have access to a 7.4-acre working farm on location that, in turn, feeds the community and creates a sustainable lifestyle. “The New Home Company took an old facility – a tomato cannery – and proposed an […]

Smokies Stadium Wins Field of the Year Honors after BrightView Renovations

This article is a press release written for BrightView. The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) recently named winners of its prestigious awards program, recognizing turf managers and their fields across the United States. Smokies Stadium, home of the Double-A Tennessee Smokies in Kodak, Tenn., was honored as STMA’s Baseball Field of the Year. The field has been maintained by […]

BrightView Finds, Transports and Installs Chicago Christmas Tree

This article is a news story written for BrightView. It just wouldn’t be the winter holiday in Chicago without the city’s iconic Christmas Tree. Out of 120 nominations from across Chicagoland, Bill Scholla’s 69-foot Norway spruce was chosen for the holiday honor by the Windy City. BrightView hauled the tree more than 50 miles from Wauconda […]

BrightView Cares for, Replants Century-Old Saguaros in Arizona

This article is a news story written for BrightView. Improvements to Arizona’s Pima Freeway put thousands of trees and cactus, including some older than the state itself, in jeopardy. Loop 101, which runs along Scottsdale’s eastern border, has been widened as part of the state’s Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) $74 million improvement project for 11 miles of roadway. […]

BrightView Golf Maintenance Partners with Two Premier Clubs in California

This article is a press release written for BrightView. “Having worked with ValleyCrest Golf Maintenance at a previous club, I was familiar with the quality of their work and the ability to control my golf course maintenance budget. Now they are BrightView, still delivering the same assurances of quality and fiscal control,” said Tim Walker, Vice […]

Greenville Team Volunteers at Julie Valentine Center in South Carolina

This article is a news story written for BrightView. BrightView team members in South Carolina recently held a Community Day in which volunteers helped create a new landscape for the Julie Valentine Center in Greenville. The non-profit center provides free confidential services to sexual assault and child abuse survivors and their families.  The center’s mission is […]

BrightView Enterprise Solutions Manager Visits China to Present on Sustainable Landscaping

This article is a news story written for BrightView. Dominic Desiderio, Market Manager at BrightView Enterprise Solutions, recently visited the Chengdu University of Information Technology in Chengdu, China, to give a presentation titled “Sustainable Landscaping: Making a Difference around the World.” The lecture focused on the importance of landscape planning and the ability of plant and […]

Teams Rally to Clean Up Southeast after Hurricane Matthew

This article is a press release written for BrightView. By Candice Monhollan and Jonathan Shover Hurricane Matthew, one of the most feared storms in a decade, made its destructive way north along the Atlantic seaboard October 7 and 8, causing devastation from Florida to Virginia. With 55 BrightView branches across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North […]

‘Hawaii’s Most Over the Top Resorts’ List Features Two BrightView Hotels

This article is a news story written for BrightView. While a Hawaiian vacation is already a paradise, some island hotels can take a trip to a whole new level, including two resorts that are BrightView clients. The resorts were recently named to ‘Hawaii’s Most Over the Top Resorts’ list by The Active Times. The lavish hotels that […]

Bridgeport Team Helps Restore School Playground

This article is a news story written for BrightView. Students at the Luis Munoz Marin School in Bridgeport, Conn., returned to class for the new school year with a brighter, friendlier playscape, thanks to a combined effort from BrightView,UnitedHealthcare and Groundwork Bridgeport, a nonprofit which brings about the sustained regeneration of the environment. The school’s playground […]

BrightView Employee Saves Woman from Burning Building

This article is a news story written for BrightView. It started off as just a regular day for BrightView’s Antonio Lopes, who was on his way to work Sep. 7, when smoke wafting from an apartment building caught his attention. Lopes was at the Hillside Gardens apartment complex in the El Cerrito section of San Diego […]

BrightView Teams with USGBC on Project Haiti

This article is a news story written for BrightView. Haitian citizens will little forget the devastating, magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck the island Jan. 12, 2010, killing more than 300,000 people, injuring another 300,000 and displacing 1.3 million, including children in an orphanage that was destroyed in Port-au-Prince. Shortly after the disaster, the U.S. Green Building Council […]

Whippets come up short in back-and-forth slugfest

This article can be found published on PA Prep Live’s (part of Daily Local News) website. DOWNINGTOWN — In a game full of lead changes, Downingtown West needed its players to buckle down and grind out a win over New Jersey’s Wayne Valley Friday night at Kottmeyer Stadium. Unfortunately, some mistakes cost the Whippets a chance […]

YMCA of Greater Brandywine launches new campaign to give every child the chance to become president

This article can be found published on the Daily Local News‘ website. WEST CHESTER — There were no protests outside of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine in West Chester on Tuesday afternoon as a new candidate was announcing a run for president. In fact, for the first time in Chester County, both the county Democratic […]

WCASD faculty welcomed back with Superintendent Scanlon’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’

This article can be found published on the Daily Local News‘ website. WEST GOSHEN — The Late Late Show’s James Corden has brought a wave of popularity to something everyone does in a car — sing karaoke. His “Carpool Karaoke” videos, featuring a wide range of top musicians and even first lady Michelle Obama, have […]

Iron Hill Twilight Race Series in West Chester a day away

This article can be found published on the Daily Local News‘ website. WEST CHESTER — Bicyclists will be taking to the streets of West Chester Saturday as part of the 12th annual Iron Hill Twilight Race Series. The event, which is estimated to draw 15,000 to 20,000 spectators and participants this year, will feature three activity […]

Proposed food truck ordinance in West Chester to face major overhaul

This article can be found published on the Daily Local News‘ website. WEST CHESTER — Food trucks owners and employees and West Chester University professors and students rallied together in just a single day after hearing about a possible ordinance to regulate food trucks in the borough and made themselves known on Tuesday night. As […]

Iron Hill Twilight Race Series set for Saturday in West Chester

This article can be found published on the Daily Local News‘ website, the Delaware County Daily Times‘ website, The Mercury‘s website, The Times Herald‘s website, The Reporter‘s website and The Phoenix‘s website. WEST CHESTER — The big Iron Hill Twilight Race Series is coming to West Chester Saturday evening. The event focuses mainly on the three big criterium […]