Foreclosures, drought, make grass greener for company
CLOVIS
April 30, 2009
9:41am
• Opens Central Valley office to handle demand
• Can also be used to touch up lawns
The Central Valley’s unique combination of thousands of foreclosures and on-going drought is spelling opportunity for a Silicon Valley company.
Green Polymer Systems of Los Gatos says it is opening a new office in Clovis to tap what it sees as a vast market for its product – a type of coloring that it says turns brown, burned out lawns golf course green.
Dubbed Green Canary Grass and Turf Treatment, the privately held company says its non-toxic coloring solution helps owners maximize property value by transforming dry, diseased, or dormant grass into natural-looking green turf.
A spokesman also says it can be used to “touch up” regular turf.
This is the company’s first expansion outside of Silicon Valley.