Business

Being married 45 years, Julaine and Bob Kennedy of Evergreen know how to work together. And they have put that knowledge to use in two businesses they own in town.

The couple opened All Season Gardener in the Canyon Commons on Evergreen Parkway a year ago, and they have just taken over its neighbor, Master Printers.

Julaine’s passion is gardening, and she is entrenched in All Season Gardener, which sells items for gardens and hydroponics. The business does not sell plants but everything else needed to grow plants.

Bear Creek Marketplace in Kittredge closed its doors last Friday, but not because of the poor economy.

In fact, sales at the store were up every month since it opened July 4, 2008. For owner Jim Kenney, the café became an issue of the tail wagging the dog.

When he opened the café, it was to supplement his successful jam and jelly business. But the café became successful in its own right, and running both businesses just became too much.

In an earlier life, Jenny Schmidt of Bailey was a high-profile television reporter who covered the O.J. Simpson trial and the Rodney King verdict. But when she traded that life for motherhood, things changed.

It’s that time of year — when the pleasure of seeing lights from rooftop to treetop all over town is frequently overwhelmed by the pain of climbing ladders and unwinding tangled strings of mini-bulbs.

Decorating is one of those things that seem like a good idea in theory. But who has the time?

That’s when the summertime landscape companies such as Lam Tree Service and J.P. Total come to the rescue.