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Longtime San Anselmo Business Goes Under New Ownership: Report
Fig Garden has been owned by the same family for nearly a half a century, The Marin Independent Journal reports.
SAN ANSELMO, CA – A longtime Marin business is going under new ownership.
San Anselmo’s Fig Garden (421 San Anselmo Ave.) owner Lesley Madison has sold the business, ending a run of family ownership that lasted nearly a half a century, The Marin Independent Journal reports.
Fig Garden’s new owner, Patricia Richard, plans to keep the shops two longtime staffers aboard, according to the report.
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Madison’s late husband, Mario Canale launched the business in 1973 as a plant shop, and she’s kept it going since his death in 1992, according to the report.
“It’s time,” Madison told the news outlet.
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“There are things I’ve been wanting to do, and after 30 years, I’d like to do them. And it’s always good to end on a good note.”
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