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<div id="pastingspan1">With warmer weather on the horizon, mosquito prevention is becoming top of mind. To help prevent these bloodsuckers from making residents&#8217; backyards their safe haven for the summer, Greg VanDeusen and Tom Rosenhagen are opening the first <a href="http://mosquitojoefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=grand-rapids-business-journal-mosquito-joe-sets-its-sight-on-grand-rapids-michigan-amid-zika-virus-concerns-4250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosquito Joe</a> to serve the greater Grand Rapids area in May.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&#8220;The tagline is &#8216;outside is fun again.&#8217; We go out and essentially create a barrier around (a client&#8217;s) property to prevent mosquitoes from getting into their property. The good thing about mosquitoes is they&#8217;re not strong fliers. They&#8217;re bush hoppers,&#8221; VanDeusen told the <a href="http://www.grbj.com/articles/84986-mosquito-prevention-firm-hopes-to-take-sting-out-of-spring?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=grand-rapids-business-journal-mosquito-joe-sets-its-sight-on-grand-rapids-michigan-amid-zika-virus-concerns-4250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Business Journal</a>.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This will be the fourth territory location for <a href="http://mosquitojoe.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=grand-rapids-business-journal-mosquito-joe-sets-its-sight-on-grand-rapids-michigan-amid-zika-virus-concerns-4250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosquito Joe</a> in Michigan with further plans for expansion due to the many lakes, ponds and rivers throughout the state.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&#8220;Mosquitoes breed in water. Even if you have any standing water, even as small as a bottle cap, that&#8217;s where they&#8217;re having the love fest. Empty out the birdbath every other day. If you have toys or spare tires that are accumulating water, you&#8217;ve got to take care of that. That&#8217;s where they&#8217;re breeding.&#8221;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However the business is not only about mosquito prevention for VanDeusen and Rosenhagen, it&#8217;s also about educating locals on mosquito borne illnesses.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&#8220;Mosquitoes transmit a lot of diseases, including things for dogs like heartworm,&#8221; he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>For more franchising information about Mosquito Joe, <a href="http://mosquitojoe.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=grand-rapids-business-journal-mosquito-joe-sets-its-sight-on-grand-rapids-michigan-amid-zika-virus-concerns-4250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.&nbsp;</div>

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