Miscio & Stroud Inc. builds 20-year history

When Ellen and Ted Zibell, owners of the Perennial Gardener on College Avenue, wanted to expand by buying the pawn shop next door, they encountered an unmotivated seller.

“He wanted to move,´ said Ellen Zibell, “but the tax on his profit would have been prohibitive. So we called Larry Stroud to help us.”

Zibell said she and her husband had sought Stroud’s assistance because his wife, whom they had come to know, also has a retail shop downtown. They decided that he would be plugged in to what works for a small business.

The solution to their problem turned out to be a…