Cornelius Nursery, a Calloway’s Nursery Company Store, Develops Plans to Rebuild Due to Fire Damage

    FORT WORTH, Texas, July 14 /EMWNews-FirstCall/ -- Cornelius Nursery

at 2233 Voss Rd., in Houston, Texas, closed temporarily following a fire

that occurred Sunday, July 13.



    "While we are grateful that no one was hurt during the fire, we regret

that this fire creates inconveniences for our customers and employees,"

said Jim Estill, President Calloway's Nursery (Pink Sheets: CLWY). "The

Voss Rd. Cornelius store was a vibrant and active location with a long,

rich Houston history. We invite customers to visit us at our other two

Houston locations."



    Cornelius Nursery operates stores at 1755 FM 1960 West and 1200 N.

Dairy Ashford.



    "We are working to temporarily place as many as possible of the

Cornelius employees from Voss Rd. at our other locations until we reopen,"

said John Peters, VP, Operations and Customer Service.

    About Calloway's and Cornelius Nurseries



    Calloway's and Cornelius Nurseries is an 18-store garden center chain

serving the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston markets. The company strives to

make gardening fun, easy and successful for customers by offering expert

advice from Texas certified nursery professionals; store environments that

are educational and easy to shop; weekly gardening clinics that serve both

novice and expert gardeners; displays and instructions to aid gardeners

with design and color development in their yards; and a product selection

of the best plant varieties available. For more information visit

Corneliusnurseries.com, calloways.com or view our gardening videos at

youtube.com/mytexasgarden.