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Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado 2021 Awards Highlight Residential, Commercial Projects
Earlier this month, Colorado’s landscape industry association, Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC), announced the recipients of its 2021 ELITE Awards. The ELITE Awards is the only program of its kind in Colorado and recognizes landscape companies and professionals who demonstrate professionalism, excellence, management practices, sustainability, and innovation. “This year’s award winners demonstrated outstanding commitment to the central values of our industry, even during one of the busiest and most challenging seasons we’ve ever had,” said ALCC Chief Executive Officer, John McMahon. “They have exhibited impressive environmental stewardship as well as sound business practices and community service.” ELITE Award categories also mirror the services and amenities ALCC member companies provide their clients, with awards for Community Stewardship, Design/Build, Innovation, Landscape Construction, Landscape Maintenance, Plant Design, and Sustainability. In addition, the Most Valued Player (MVP) category recognized four landscape professionals for their outstanding service and dedication to the industry. More than 120 landscape professionals gathered to celebrate Colorado projects that placed in the Awards, and the organizations that created or maintain them. This year’s recipients, finalists and a brief description of their project submissions are as follows: Community Stewardship Gold Award: Designscapes Colorado – outreach program for underserved children during the holiday season in the Denver metro area Design/Build Gold Award: Lifescape Colorado – application of Xeriscape principles on a 1930s Tudor-style Denver, CO home Silver Award: Tree of Life Landscapes – creation of a private entertaining space that balances an ultramodern Boulder, CO home Bronze Award: Phase One Landscapes ...
NALP Announces 2021 Safety Recognition Award Winners
The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) announced the recipients of this year’s Safety Recognition Awards on October 26 at its annual conference, LANDSCAPES 2021 in Louisville, KY. This national program acknowledges industry companies that consistently demonstrate their commitment to safety. NALP’s Safety Recognition Awards are open to the entire industry. This year, 119 companies participated, 316 awards were earned for the performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Award categories include “No Vehicle Accidents,” “No Injuries or Illnesses,” and “No Days Away from Work” as well as the “Overall Safety Achievement Award.” Companies that participated in previous programs were also eligible for the “Most Improved” category. View a list of all award recipients. The “Best of the Best” award was earned by the following companies who, for the past three years, have maintained the “Overall Safety Achievement Award – Gold Level” status: Affiliated Grounds Maintenance Group, Inc. – Lake City, PA Alliance Landscape Company – Ft. Worth, TX Bauer & Gudeman, Inc. – Bloomington, IL Clippers LLC – Sterling, VA | An Aspen Grove Landscape Company Curby’s Lawn & Garden, LLC – Gardner, KS Duke’s Landscape Management – Hackettstown, NJ Integrated Landscape Management (Tree Branch) – Tempe, AZ | An Aspen Grove Landscape Company James River Grounds Management – Portsmouth, VA |An Aspen Grove Landscape Company James River Grounds Management (Richmond) – Glen Allen, VA |An Aspen Grove Landscape Company Mahoney Associates Inc. – Southampton, NY Pacific Federal Management – Tumon, GU Reliable Property Services (Madison) ...
RISE Elects Leadership, Honors Volunteers During 31st Annual Meeting
Nearly 500 participants representing companies that provide pest and plant health solutions for the specialty pesticide and agriculture markets met in Aventura, FL September 12-15, 2021 to collaborate, strengthen relationships and share information. The joint annual meeting of RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment)® and CropLife America took place virtually and in-person. RISE President Megan Provost, who joined the association in December 2019 before the pandemic, led her first in-person annual meeting and encouraged meaningful collaboration and engagement. “Advocacy is always more effective when we build and maintain strong partnerships,” said Provost. “By collaborating and engaging meaningfully with our internal and external audiences, by convening a forum for partnership and information-sharing, and by amplifying our collective impact by acting as a force-multiplier, RISE can build and develop our membership and our coalitions to promote and protect access to pesticides and fertilizers.” New Governing Board Members The RISE Governing Board elected one new member during the meeting: Bill Culpepper, SePRO Corporation. The Board also elected its 2022 Executive Committee: Stephanie Jensen, Chair, BASF John Smith, Vice Chair, AMGUARD Environmental Technologies Karen Larson, Treasurer, Clarke Completing his term on the Governing Board is Neil Cleveland, PBI/Gordon Corporation. Those continuing their terms on the 2022 Governing Board are: Daryl Allen, Corteva Agriscience Kathy Bishop, Lebanon Seaboard Corporation John Johnson, Prokoz, Inc. Scott Lazarczyk, SBM Life Sciences Todd Mason, Sipcam Agro USA Jose Milan, Bayer Blaine Pinkerton, Nufarm Americas, Inc. Scott Reasons, Syngenta Brian Rowan, SiteOne Landscape Supply Nadia Sinno, FMC Corporation RISE ...
NaturaLawn Of America Names 2021 Dan Collins Scholarship Winners
NaturaLawn® of America has announced the winners of the annual Dan Collins Scholarship Award, providing three college-bound high school graduates with funds to assist in educational expenses. First place recipient Autumn Moore of Perry County, PA was announced as the first place award recipient, receiving a $4,000 scholarship. Matt Tengtrakool of Middlesex County, MA was selected as the award’s second place recipient, and received a $2,000 scholarship. Third place recipient Lydia Gilpin of Burke County, GA received a $1,000 scholarship award. The NaturaLawn® of America Dan Collins Scholarship was established in 2017 in memory of Dan Collins, a NaturaLawn® of America franchise owner from Richmond, VA who passed away from cancer in 2005. Collins was known for his kind heart and “larger-than-life,” gentlemanly manner. The scholarship named in his honor seeks to recognize high school or undergraduate students who exhibit similar generosity of character and goodwill. The 2021 selection process proved competitive, with applicants from over 30 states and multiple countries. “We are so pleased to assist these very deserving young adults in realizing their educational goals and easing the cost of the journey ahead of them,” Phil Catron, president and founder of NaturaLawn® of America, said of the selected candidates. “We’re eager to follow their paths and are sure they will achieve great success in their future endeavors.” First place winner Autumn Moore hopes to explore the fields of plant science and horticulture, contributing to her previous dual-enrollment studies of environmental resource management and biology through Penn State. Matt ...
BrightView Landscapes Lauded For Customer Engagement Commitment
BrightView Landscapes Services (BVLS) and BrightView Landscape Design (BVLD) have been welcomed to the National Business Research Institute (NBRI) Circle of Excellence. The NBRI Circle of Excellence Award recognizes organizations that place a high value on employee and customer engagement. Organizations must demonstrate their dedication by conducting best in class survey research with NBRI and taking action based upon those results. NBRI commends the leadership of these organizations for their commitment to the Continuous Improvement Process and recognizes their achievements with the Circle of Excellence Award. Blue Bell, PA-based BrightView is the largest provider of commercial landscaping services in the United States. Through its team of approximately 20,000 employees, BrightView provides services ranging from landscape maintenance and enhancements to tree care and landscape development for thousands of customers’ properties, including corporate and commercial properties, HOAs, public parks, hotels and resorts, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, educational institutions, restaurants and retail, and golf courses, among others. BrightView is the Official Field Consultant to Major League Baseball (MLB). To qualify for the NBRI Circle of Excellence Award, an organization must score at or above Stretch Performance at the 75th benchmarking percentile when measured against their industry, or the organization must improve five or more benchmarking percentiles in total company score over the previous research study, a statistically significant amount. It is no small feat to move an entire company’s score of customer loyalty or employee engagement five or more percentiles, or to reach Stretch or Best in Class Performance levels. “Customer ...
Ruppert Landscape Recognizes Employees With Annual Awards
Employees of Maryland-based Ruppert Landscape were honored recently as the company presented its annual awards at a banquet held at the Bethesda North Marriott in Rockville, MD. “We are honored to recognize stand-out employees throughout the company whose remarkable talent and contributions have benefited our customers and our employees,” said company president, Phil Key. “We are grateful for their service and truly proud of their achievements.” With headquarters in Laytonsville, MD, Ruppert Landscape is a family and employee-owned business and a provider of commercial landscape construction and management services for almost 50 years. The company employs over 1600 people and serves customers from 25 branches in eight primary markets: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Houston, and Atlanta. The Clyde Vadner Merit Award recognizes the individual who has contributed continuous, consistent, long-term hard work, dedication and job skill that has helped to shape the company. This year’s recipient is April Rose, operations manager in our Texas landscape construction branch, who has been with Ruppert for over 11 years. “April is an incredibly dedicated, hard-working and loyal employee,” said Bob Jones, president of the landscape construction division. “As evidence of this, she recently relocated from Virginia to Houston to help manage operations in the Texas branch. She has a keen eye for detail and knows how to get the job done. She has been instrumental in the success of some of our largest projects and we are grateful for her many contributions.” The Achievement Award recognizes the employee ...
Cub Cadet Names 2019 National Retailers of the Year
At its annual dealer convention in Nashville, TN, Cub Cadet named two dealers for its 2019 National Retailer of the Year award — one with multiple locations and one with a single location. This honor is presented each year from a pool of 1,600 Cub Cadet dealers nationwide. It takes into account overall sales, customer service, customer support and loyalty, dealership growth, and commitment to Cub Cadet. Established in 1961, Cub Cadet engineers, designs, and builds outdoor power equipment. Through a dedicated and extensive network of dealers and retailers, the company delivers a full line of high-performance power equipment and services. S&H Farm Supply was named Cub Cadet’s 2019 National Retailer of the Year for multiple locations, and Action Equipment Center, located in Washington, PA, was named the company’s National Retailer of the Year for a single location. S&H Farm Supply, with locations in Joplin, Lockwood, Mountain Grove and Rogersville, MO, is celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2019. S&H Farm Supply is owned and operated by Wayne Schnelle and his son Eric. Known as a “one-stop shop” for the farmers working thousands of acres, hobby farmers with five acres, construction crews, and commercial mowing companies alike, customers are sure to find what they’re looking for, whether it’s a lawn mower, recreational vehicle, tractor, baler, skid steer, ATV, or attachment. “We’re honoring S&H Farm Supply with this award because of their continued goal to supply the best sales, parts and service support in the Midwest. They take great pride in understanding ...
