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scape. colleen witnessed the tail end of aqua scape s incredible growth, including whitstock s reconciliation with his dad and the friendly acquisition of gary s business, pond sweep. but colleen also witnessed the decline that hit the company like a ton of bricks. 2006 was our first year in this building. 2007, we saw the wheels shaking and 2008, you know, we just banded together and held on and made some really, really hard decisions. then in february of 2011, as aqua scape was limping along trying to survive another day, the unthinkable happened. when the economy was at itser worst, down game 24 inches of snowfall and down my building fell. when i saw the entire 700 foot span on the ground, i fell to my knees. the timing of the roof collapse could not have been worse. with the ramp up to the busy
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then rebirth. not to mention family infighting and overcoming a devastating disaster. that crazy guy up there on the forklift is greg whitstock, the founder and ceo of aqua scape. and this enormous place, which embodies everything whitstock is all about, is called aqua land. all right. let s open up the gates! today is the biggest sale of the year for this st. charles illinois based business that got it started 25 years ago. it s pond building. just a few years ago, the fate of aqua scape was in question. adversity can pull a team
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spring and summer season just a few weeks ago, greg went from having a business that was through the roof to a business that was collapsing under the weight of the recession and then to a business with a collapsed roof. the building was condemned. we were basically out of business. and just like the conflict with his father, the challenge of rebuilding aqua scape became a rallying cry for whitstock and his remaining employees. this picture says it all. now, several years later, aqua scape is a leaner, meaner business ready are for anything. not only do we rebuild this building, but we rebuilt this company. even though our sales weren t where they were post 2008, coming out of 2011, we rebuilt this building. this was a stronger company. i don t know if we would have been able to do that if we didn t face the adversity that we faced. i m here in nowhere else at the collision conference which has brought 25,000 people
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