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• Event attendance reaches new high
  
• Welcome aboard
  
• Senators named Business Champions of the Year
  
• Safe and sound
  
• Safety workshops and OSHA class at GIC
  
• Stop “me-too” marketing
  
• Calendar photo contest
  
• PLANET receives legislative award
  

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Event attendance reaches new high

PLANET members travelled to Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators and volunteer in a service project at two national cemeteries.
(Recent Events page)


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Welcome aboard

Congratulations to Jerry Grossi of Arborlawn in Lansing, Michigan, for his appointment to PLANET’s board of directors. He will oversee PLANET’s business development area.

Grossi is vice president and COO of Arborlawn and oversees operations for Arborlawn’s affiliate company, Spartan Irrigation. “I am so pleased to be named to the board of this powerful organization,” states Grossi. “The Professional Landcare Network has become known as the premier organization for lawn care, design/build/installation, interior plantscaping, and landscape management.”

Grossi is a past president and board member of the PLANET legacy organization, Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA). He also has served as president of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation, president of the Green Industry Expo, and president of the Lawn Sprayers of Michigan.


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Senators named Business Champions of the Year

Recipients of this year’s annual Business Champion of the Year Award were announced at PLANET’s recent Legislative Day on the Hill event in Washington, D.C. Co-recipients of the award include U.S. Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Barbara Mikluski (D-Md.), and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.). This award was created to honor individuals who have positively influenced the green industry.

Serving his second term in the U.S. Senate, Hagel has played a valuable and potentially historic role in helping his colleagues assemble a comprehensive immigration reform bill that tackles all of the necessary issues. His work on immigration reform has been constructive and responsible.

Martinez also has worked hard on comprehensive immigration reform and the compromise offer that broke the Senate bill stalemate. He was sworn in as Florida’s senator in 2005 and took his place in the history books as the first Cuban-American to serve in the U.S. Senate.

PLANET also chose Mikulski as an award recipient because of her stand on H-2B issues in the bills that she has introduced over the years. She won her first Senate race in 1986 with 61 percent of the vote and was re-elected with large majorities in 1992, 1998, and 2004. Mikulski also serves as dean of the Senate women.


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Safe and sound

Congratulations to the nearly 300 company members that received PLANET’s Safety Recognition Awards.
(Safety Program page) 


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Safety workshop and OSHA class at GIC

Learn from your peers how a proactive safety program can positively affect your company’s bottom line and get numerous ideas on how to break down barriers when communicating safety to your Hispanic employees. Two panel discussions on these topics will be held at PLANET’s upcoming 2006 Green Industry Conference (GIC) in Columbus, Ohio. “Cost-Effective Safety Programs” will be held on Thursday, November 2, from 8:30 a.m.–10 a.m., and “Successful Spanish-English Safety Training” will be held on Friday, November 3, from 8:30 a.m.–10 a.m. Also, if you or your employees want to increase your knowledge about OSHA, Gary Clevenger, risk control specialist with CNA, will teach the OSHA 10-Hour Course on Saturday, November 4, from 9 a.m.– 2 p.m. and on Sunday, November 5, from 8 a.m.– 1 p.m. (Preregistration for the course is required.)


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Stop “me-too” marketing

Join industry expert Judith Guido in a two-day, interactive marketing workshop designed for owners, managers, and employees.
(Monopolize Your Marketplace page)


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Calendar photo contest

Here’s your chance to show off your work by entering Project EverGreen’s photo contest for its 2007 Because Green Matters calendar.
(Project EverGreen Web site) 


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PLANET receives legislative award

PLANET President John E. Gibson, CLT, accepted the Federation of Employers and Workers of America (FEWA) Legislative Champion Award at the recent Legislative Day on the Hill. PLANET received the award for its continued strong, vocal presence in the effort to reform the H-2B program. Initiatives cited by FEWA include hosting a national fly-in and the implementation of a Political Action Committee (PAC).


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