Profile: George and Rhea Van Atta, Van Attas Nurture Plant, business Growth

Greater Lansing Business Monthly | October 1, 2002| | Copyright

Following in his parents' footsteps, George Van Atta opened his own greenhouse almost 22 years ago. Four years la ter, Rhea joined him, and they married three years after that. Now Van Atta's Greenhouse, Inc. provides cut flowers, a gift shop and full-service plant supplies on its 75-acre site, complete with a 37,000-square-foot addition in April 2002.

Q: Why did you decide to start your own business?

George: My parents had a greenhouse business for 30 years on Haslett Road between Haslett and East Lansing. ... So I've been doing this for as long as I remember.

From college, I worked for the ...

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