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Profit & Planet: Buffalo finds eco-friendly ways of doing business
For many independent business owners, recycling, composting, buying renewable energy or using less of it, purchasing local goods and services, and other eco-friendly practices may seem out of reach financially and logistically. However, some Western New York businesses are seeing green investments translate into dollars as well as higher customer satisfaction....
Fox Tire Planning Green Roof, and More
Mr. Fox Tire Co. specializes in new and used tires plus performance tires and custom wheels. They consider
themselves the premier custom wheel retailer in Western New York, offering over 20 brands of custom
wheels in stock. Mr. Fox Tire also offers automobile service and repairs. It is not the type of business
typically associated with having a 'green' environmental focus. Eric Fox, who owns two hybrid cars, is no
ordinary owner...
Fox Tire Goes Green
An industrial site on Buffalo's East Side might be the last place you would expect to find cutting edge "green ideas" at work, but thanks to Eric Fox's passion...his community and the environment around him are benefiting...
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Greening the East Side
Disturbed by the tree devastation resulting from last October's snowstorm, Eric Fox, owner of Mr. Fox
Tires, is taking action. He is working with ReTree WNY and is committed to plant thousands of trees
throughout the east side...
Mr. Fox Tire Supports Re-Tree WNY
The cover story on May 27 lamented the cutting down of Buffalo's storm battered trees, but there
is also some very good news: Re-Tree WNY is gearing up to do a massive reforesting in the city and
surrounding areas this fall, when the weather is again favorable for tree planning...
Guerrilla warfare in the concrete jungle: Fox Tire 'takes no prisoners' selling performance tires and wheels
A teenager who looks barely old enough to drive saunters into Eric Fox's tire dealership. He slowly walks around the showroom, inspecting wheel after custom wheel. Suddenly, he makes a decision. "I'll take that," he says, pointing to a $2,000 set of chrome-plated Feretti's. Fox writes up a work order, sends it to the garage, and within 30 minutes, the customer's vehicle is ready to go...
A business below, a garden above
The roof above an ordinary auto shop on William Street in Buffalo seems an unlikely place to take an environmental stand, but that's what Eric Fox plans to do.
The owner of Mr. Fox Tire Co. is converting a portion of the expansive roof into a green oasis -- a "green roof." By doing so, Fox is bringing to Buffalo an example of a eco-friendly business practice gaining popularity in the era of global warming...
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