Spring Hill officials did not return several calls requesting comment. Its parent company, Lawrenceburg, Ind.-based Gardens Alive, declined comment.
It was not immediately clear exactly when the store will close.
Tipp City’s statement alluded to difficult business decisions having to be made in the current economic environment. “We hope that when the economy recovers, Spring Hill will re-examine this aspect of their business plan to again utilize this asset.”
Spring Hill, founded in 1849 in Dayton by Bavarian immigrant Peter Bohlender, closed in 2001 after its then-parent company, Michigan-based Foster & Gallagher, ran out of money. The closing left 150 full-time employees and hundreds of seasonal workers without jobs.
Spring Hill Nurseries was sold to Gardens Alive later that year, and reopened in 2002. It had been Gardens Alive’s only retail location.
In November 2008, Spring Hill employed 550 people full- and part-time at the Tipp City location.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7457 or bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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