MUNCIE, Ind. - Muncie local, Drew Haney, established his own business when he was 16 years old. Haney started out mowing lawns with his grandpa and borrowing his dads lawn equipment. He soon realized the lawncare business could be lucrative and enjoyable so he started mowing lawns for people. His business grew and grew until it was a full time job.
Haney Lawncare focuses on mowing, weed wacking, landscaping,mulching and more. His business focuses on affordable prices and community building.
“I am trying to be that middle ground, where it's affordable and you're also getting really good quality of service,” Haney said.
Over the past four years, Haney has expanded his client base to attain bigger properties including Campus Edge, Muncie Land Bank and Eco Rehab.
“Business from day one has doubled about every year, starting from my sophomore year in high school to now. We went from last year having at most about 70-80 properties that I was maintaining at the regular, and now I’m at about 160,” Haney said.
With the growth of Haney’s business, he has had to upgrade some of his equipment. Haney has recently bought a second truck and a warehouse that doubles as storage and office space. Along with this, Haney has hired new employees to broaden the business’s reach.
“He does a really good job. And he does a good job making sure everything's all picked up, I think he does a really good job at the job he does,” Lee Smith, employee said when talking about Haney’s business.
Haney emphasizes the importance of supporting small businesses by saying “every client matters” to small businesses while bigger corporations always have clients lined up.
“There's more of a personal relationship with a small business than there is with a corporation. They're just straight up numbers trying to get as many people as possible. And small businesses are more willing to work with the client,” Haney said,
As summer approaches, Haney will be mowing and landscaping yards daily all across Delaware County hoping to further grow Haney Lawncare. For more information follow Haney Lawncare on Instagram and Facebook.
Contact Stella Davis with comments at estella.davis@bsu.edu.
