Ferndale-based Corion Landscape Management has joined the LandOpt Contractor Network, a nationwide contractors organization.

Corion was founded in 2001 by owner David Arnold as a comprehensive landscape management company that provides both maintenance and installation services in Whatcom and Skagit counties. The company has earned a distinct reputation commercially in the multi-family market, primarily among condo associations and assisted living facilities.

Arnold said, in May 31 press release, the decision to become a LandOpt Contractor was largely based on his desire for continued growth and profitability. He saw LandOpt’s processes and procedures as a way to streamline his business for greater efficiency.

“We’d like to expand and strengthen our current scope of services, and ultimately add an additional location,” he said. “We want our existing client base to expect a positive change. What is now “good” customer service will become even better and our strong customer retention rate will remain consistent.”

Corion will be LandOpt’s first West Coast contractor, with the majority of the network currently spread along the East Coast, through the Gulf Region and expanding as far as Michigan.

“Although our network’s growth has been measured and geographically-driven to this point, we are finding that interest in the LandOpt System has exceeded those borders,” said LandOpt president and CEO Tim Smith. “As such, we are talking to contractors throughout the country from the Pacific Northwest down along the California coast, to the Southwest and throughout the Midwest. Certainly there is a need for, and an interest in, our services. The timing is right to expand our boundaries and create a much larger network. Regardless of their location, all of our contractors share similar goals and challenges with regard to the growth of their companies.”

Corion Landscape Management is online at www.corionlandscape.com