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Hate mowing your lawn? Now there s an app for that. GreenPal, based in Nashville, is coming to Burlington this week. Once you ve downloaded the app you re able to list your lawn using Google street and aerial images. You also provide details including how often you want the lawn mowed and how tall the grass is. Next you ll receive bids from local lawn care companies vetted by GreenPal. You pick who you want to mow your lawn based on reviews and price. Once your lawn is mowed, the lawn care company sends you a time-stamped photo of the completed job. If you like what you see you pay via the app and can set up more appointments. GreenPal takes a 5% cut from the total price, which happens seamlessly in the app. ....
Nashville-based lawncare app Green Pal reaches 48 states, goes international during pandemic NewsChannel5 and last updated 2021-05-16 15:39:09-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â An industry that grew like a weed during the pandemic was the lawn care industry. According to Nashville-based lawn care app Green Pal, their business, which connects landscapers to clients, grew 25% last year. Green Pal allows property owners to get bids for their lawn care project without calling around. Some vendors on the app, like Bush and Shrubs Lawnscaping in Fairview, saw a bigger increase than 25%. I was surprised, said Kelley Bush, owner of Bush and Shrubs Lawnscaping. I thought we were going to see a decrease. We saw I think it was a 75% increase because people were staying home. They re like I still have an income. I still have disposable income. ....
If you need any more evidence our world is changing at light speed, grab your smartphone. As of Friday, folks in Western Virginia could use it to book a flight, make a loan to a friend, order a delivered dinner, hail a ride or arrange a date. Thatâs hardly an all-encompassing portrait of the gig economy, of course. But beginning this morning, thereâs something new. Now your phone can mow your grass, or at least something close. Come November, you can use it to rake leaves â or in January, shovel your driveway. Thatâs because of a Tennessee-based company known as GreenPal, which connects yard owners with local lawn-care professionals, such as Greg Loar, who owns Christiansburg-based East Coast Lawns LLC. ....