CMJ Paving & Landscaping INC

CMJ Paving & Landscaping is a Springfield company, owned by Clinton Mitchell, offering driveway paving, snow removal, concrete work and landscaping restoration and maintenance across western Massachusetts — its website claims 25-plus years of experience and 150-plus completed jobs. The two customer reviews on file describing actual work are positive: in 2024, a West Springfield couple called the owner "wonderful" and "honest," said he stands by his work and his employees, and were happy with how their driveway turned out; a separate Better Business Bureau review called a driveway job a "super job" and the owner dependable. A more recent account tells a different story. In a December 2025 review, a customer described being in contact with the company since June 2025, getting the permit for a driveway job that October, then being unable to get a response — the original contact had left the company, the owner promised to finish before winter, but no one ever followed through or scheduled the work; the reviewer said the same thing happened to a neighbor. The company holds several credentials worth noting: an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, a Better Business Bureau A+ rating (accredited since 2020), and active Minority Business Enterprise, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and federal SBA 8(a) certifications, plus a Class A commercial driver's license, a hoisting license for excavators, and OSHA 30 training. On the trucking side, though, a freight-carrier registry currently lists the company's motor-carrier operation as "Not Authorized" in Massachusetts, and a 2021 roadside inspection of one of its trucks logged five maintenance violations, one serious enough to take the vehicle out of service. Given the recent no-show account, it's worth confirming a firm start date and getting commitments in writing before paying a deposit.