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Scape. >> colleen witnessed the tail end of aqua scape's incredible growth, including whitstock's reconciliation with his dad and the friendly acquisition of gary's business, pond sweep. but colleen also witnessed the decline that hit the company like a ton of bricks. >> 2006 was our first year in this building. 2007, we saw the wheels shaking and 2008, you know, we just banded together and held on and made some really, really hard decisions. >> then in february of 2011, as aqua scape was limping along trying to survive another day, the unthinkable happened. >> when the economy was at itser wo...

Then rebirth. not to mention family infighting and overcoming a devastating disaster. that crazy guy up there on the forklift is greg whitstock, the founder and ceo of aqua scape. and this enormous place, which embodies everything whitstock is all about, is called aqua land. >> all right. let's open up the gates! >> today is the biggest sale of the year for this st. charles illinois based business that got it started 25 years ago. it's pond building. just a few years ago, the fate of aqua scape was in question. >> adversity can pull a team

Spring and summer season just a few weeks ago, greg went from having a business that was through the roof to a business that was collapsing under the weight of the recession and then to a business with a collapsed roof. >> the building was condemned. we were basically out of business. >> and just like the conflict with his father, the challenge of rebuilding aqua scape became a rallying cry for whitstock and his remaining employees. this picture says it all. now, several years later, aqua scape is a leaner, meaner business ready are for anything. >> not only do we rebuild this building, but we...

Tough. >> it was a conflict that couldn't be resolved and the two parted ways leading to years of estrangement. >> we worked together for the first three years and he became my first competitor. >> the challenge from his father drove greg to work harder than ever. >> that was a big motivation for me because i wanted to prove not just to him, but to myself that the i could do it. and we did. >> acqua scape was enormously successful, especially during the housing boom when building a pond was the type of thing people built with easy access to home equity loans. that built the company's 250,000 s...

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