Starting at the age of 16, Chris Mitchell began mowing lawns of his close friends and family, simply by throwing the family lawnmower in the back of his truck and cutting away. After a few years of doing this while paying his way through college, Chris saw the potential in how a simple trade such as cutting the grass could build him a successful business. While earning a business degree from Johnson and Wales University, Chris soon realized he would rather build, run and operate a company from outside rather than in, and decided to create CDM Landscaping, an operation dedicated to hard work, creativity and perfection.