Winter cash flow -- grow or go slow?

It’s a problem that raises its ugly head every year in the green industry — how to effectively stimulate and manage cash flow during the sluggish winter season. What winter cash flow strategies work best for your firm? Do you sell Christmas trees? Plow snow? Lay off staff?
ANLA Today asked a panel of industry consultants and practitioners — Ernest Wertheim, Dr. Charlie Hall, Bud Eskola, Robert Hayter, and Ian Baldwin — for some insights and strategic looks into the decision-making process surrounding this issue, and received an interesting array of responses reproduced here for your consideration.
Read more in the online edition of ANLA Today.