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Carolina Loggers Association

Jonzi Guill, Communications Director

2022 CLA ANNUAL MEETING & EXPO

After a year of the world working from home and not having much social contact, your Carolina Loggers Association has big plans for 2022!

In the absence of an Executive Director, the CLA is still moving forward with the lead of the current staff in place; Jonzi Guill, Communications Director, and Joanne Reese, Finance Administrator. The staff is being guided and fully supported by the CLA Executive Board. The absence of an Executive Director has not hindered the planning for the future of the CLA and upcoming events we are excited to announce.

Your CLA Annual Meeting will be back in Wilmington, NC, in 2022, at the wonderfully located Hotel Ballast. This year’s meeting will focus on the needs and hardships loggers experience in the entire logging industry, but most directly in the trucking industry. The FMCSA is constantly changing and adding to the already existing long list of requirements, and we want to make sure that knowledge is passed on to our loggers. When we ask any member what their most significant issue is, they always reply with trucking!

The Annual Meeting is scheduled for March 11-13, 2022. A welcome reception will be held on Friday evening for all those in attendance, including an invitation to your State Representatives. This will provide an opportunity to network with other issues you may have with your local legislatures. Saturday will kick off with a business meeting with some great speakers and end Saturday night with entertainment and a live auction to bene it Log-A-Load for kids.

There is also a great opportunity for sponsorship at the Annual Meeting. Not only would you be helping your CLA financially carry out an awesome event, but there is also the opportunity for your business to be displayed during the event, including tabletop space for displays and the chance to network with loggers that may already be customers or to bring in new customers. Registration and sponsorship information is available on our website at www.ncloggers.com/annual-meeting-2022

Due to Covid and vendors being short on equipment and supplies, the bi-annual Mid Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo was canceled in 2021. We are excited to announce we are back on schedule with this event in Laurinburg, NC, for April 29 – 30, 2022. Your CLA has partnered with the NC Forestry Association and Shoeheel Land Management to bring back the live logging expo that so many loggers look forward to. There is still the opportunity to reserve your spot for your business to be part of this event. If you have new equipment, you would like to show, this is the place to display it and/or run live. For more information, as well as the complete Expo packet can be found on the CLA website at www.ncloggers.com

As the year comes to an end, 2021 did not go without great accomplishments. Your CLA is pleased to announce that President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law in November. Your CLA and its members worked closely with the NC Forestry Association and the American Loggers Council to include provisions for NC in this Act to grandfather existing gross vehicle weight limits on state roads transitioning into the federal interstate system. Your CLA will continue working with the NCFA, ALC, and other State Associations to bene it our members and partners in the logging industry. ~FMIC