FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2001

CLEVELAND, Ohio January 22, 2001 - e2grow, inc., an e-commerce and web site services provider to small businesses and their local communities, today announced a joint venture partnership with Consolidated Graphics Group, Inc., a printing, multimedia, and direct marketing firm.

The partnership with Consolidated Graphics Group will enable e2grow, best known for its proprietary suite of online e-commerce tools for small and micro businesses, to broaden the services it can offer to its subscribers by incorporating the printing, digital asset management and direct marketing resources of Consolidated. The strategic investment by Consolidated will also enable e2grow to expand the communities and small businesses that it serves.

In announcing their relationship, Dennis Barba Jr., e2grow Chairman and CEO, said, "Our early success in delivering online-enabled tools to small, suburban businesses has been tremendous. This partnership with Consolidated Graphics Group facilitates access to top-quality printing and direct marketing services at economical rates within our aggregate network."

Kenneth A. Lanci, Chairman of Consolidated Graphics Group, said, "The e-commerce infrastructure to deliver our graphics resources to small business is certainly available at e2grow. What we're seeing now is the marriage of the printing and internet industries, and this is our way to own a strategic position and create a true 'bricks and clicks' opportunity." Consolidated Graphics Group, with extensive capabilities in pre-press and print production, enables e2grow to provide specialized business-to-consumer print products including community-based coupon books and direct mail vehicles. Business subscribers will manage their exposure in these traditional print vehicles through e2grow's exclusive eMarketWindow ^sm. This secure vertical portal also provides industry-specific news updates and professional discounts.

e2grow was designed to level the playing field for small businesses wanting to maintain an affordable marketing presence in the new media age. 'In each of our suburban business communities, we provide a complete community news and information portal that involves local consumers." Barba explained. "Consolidated Graphics' printing and target marketing resources provide a perfect supplement in reaching these valued consumers through traditional channels.

About e2grow

e2grow provides online enabling services to small, local businesses and the communities they serve. The company focuses its services on "micro" businesses (typically those with under 10 employees and annual revenues under $1,000,000), in rural and suburban communities with populations between 10,000 and 50,000. e2grow provides its professional subscribers with an instant web presence, consolidated access to online services, web site management tools, vertical market portals, national partnership purchasing network and e-commerce services. To enable interaction between small business owners and their local customers, e2grow provides each community with a premier online information source for local news, school information, and community events and activities. For more information about e2grow's services, visit the e2grow web site at www.e2grow.com or call 1-440-729-1774.

About Consolidated Graphics Group

Consolidated Graphics Group (C.G.G.) is a leading direct marketer in the Midwest that offers a wide range of technical, public relations and marketing materials for a variety of customers. These services include print production, digital pre-presses with computer-to-plate workflow, printing and bindery, document scanning and digital printing, and complete direct mail and fulfillment services. One of the most significant technological advancements in the commercial printing industry in recent years has been in the computerization of pre-press. C.G.G. believes its advanced electronic capabilities and fully digital workflow give it a competitive advantage in the marketplace. C.G.G. has both full and half web and sheet fed printing capabilities, including a state-of-the-art 10 color Heidelberg press. The post-press operations provided by C.G.G. include, cutting, folding, binding and finishing C.G.G. also provides direct mailing services, mail presorting, freight and drop shipping, data processing, laser printing, mailing list rental and other services related to mail handling. For more information about C.G.G.'s services, visit the web site at www.cgginc.com or call 1-216-881-9191.

Contacts:

Dennis P. Barba Jr.
President & CEO
e2grow.com
440-729-1774
dbarbajr@e2grow.com
Robert W. Craig Jr.
President
Craig Advertising/The Craig Creative Companies
440-338-1572
craigcreative@att.net