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Large and small businesses alike have been affected
by the downturn in the U.S. economy. Many have had to lay off employees
or cut back on hours or pay. Tanglewood Conservatories was not immune to
these conditions and had to make cuts to their management force in order
to counteract the dip in revenues they experienced in 2010. Streamlining
operations using both high tech and low-tech options became important.
Founders, Alan Stein and Nancy Virts, used the challenges they faced to
become more efficient and "do better with less." This brought them
recognition from Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and his "Doing Better
With Less" program.
On June 16, 2011, Franchot, along with J.O.K. Walsh
(Caroline Economic Development Corporation Executive Director), Maryland
State Delegate Adelaide Eckardt, and Don Mulrine (Denton, Maryland's Town
Manager) presented Alan and Nancy with the "Doing Better With Less" award.
Businesses in each county in Maryland were nominated for this newly developed
program. Comptroller Franchot has been traveling the state to deliver the
awards and to personally meet with and "recognize those extraordinary companies
that have weathered the financial storm."
Delegate Eckardt praised Tanglewood for being able to continue
to manufacture their conservatories and is appreciative of their efforts to
continue producing quality products. J.O.K Walsh is proud to have Tanglewood
Conservatories headquartered in Caroline County and is pleased to have been a
big part of Stein and Virts' decision to relocate their business from Silver
Spring to Denton. He said that he could tell when he met them, that they were
on their way to being recognized as a world-class organization with their custom
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