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Last update: November 11, 2009 - 8:58 PM

 

Business: Snowplowing service that focuses on large corporate and commercial clients and offers everything from weather forecasting services to lengthy "snow management plans" to expensive snow-melting equipment to ease the chore of finding dump sites for the snow it plows.

Founded: 1999

Headquarters: Plymouth

Website: www.tcossnow.com

Executives: Founder and CEO Steve Bartz and sales and marketing vice president and minority partner Rich Byrne

Employees: 19 full-time, 600-plus seasonal

Fiscal 2009 revenue: $7.98 million for year ended June 30

Quote: "With us, every customer is No. 1; our success is built on that idea." -- Bartz, discussing his company's policy of assigning separate sidewalk and plowing crews to each client to assure prompt service.

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