Janet Bell & Associates, a landscape design and construction firm owned by local businesswoman Janet Bell, has been named the woman-owned business of the year in Menlo Park by the Women's Initiative for Self Employment.

Ms. Bell will be recognized at an awards ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Olympus Conference Room at Google, 1400 Crittenden Lane in Mountain View.

Janet Bell & Associates offers landscape design, construction and maintenance in the South Bay. She first opened her business in Menlo Park in 1996.

A licensed contractor, she is a member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers, and past president of its California chapter, and a member of the California Landscape Contractors Association. She has been nominated by television channel KRON 4 as the "Best Landscape Contractor in San Mateo County."

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