Voice of the Green Industry

This was my first Executive Forum and since it was combined with the Leadership Meetings it made for a very busy but very enjoyable time.
 
Just some experiences that I had…

Aria is a beautiful new hotel, but didn’t appear to have signs to tell me what hotel I was in.  I am sure I looked like [...]

The following press release was issued yesterday, 2/25.
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The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) and the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) announced today that the organizations have decided to defer continued discussions on unification at this time. They will continue to pursue partnership opportunities and explore ways to work together to further the interests of both memberships [...]

“We’ve pounded our financials.”

Europe, with its long tradition of craft guilds (masons, printers, textile workers, and tanners for example) that formed in the late Middle Ages, developed the practice of apprenticeships. An apprentice provided inexpensive labor to his master in exchange for formal training in a certain craft. Most started between the ages of 10 to 15 years [...]