From the TTA President
Jason Pooler The Official Publication of the Tennessee Turfgrass Association, the Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers Association and the Tennessee Golf Course Superintendents Association
Our Success
Begins With You G
etting ready for a great kick off to Spring 2019 started with going to a lot of conferences. While attending these conferences I learned new and improved ways to accomplish that top of the line turf on your sod farms, golf courses and athletic fields. Although we might be done with all these classes, we never need to stop learning or teaching what we took in this winter. With that said, I would like to challenge you all this upcoming year. Let us each resolve to do one extra thing this year to further our cause in the turf industry. Here are a few examples: • Encourage your peers to join Tennessee Turfgrass Association • Make a presentation at your place of work, to your local high school, FFA or college about possible turf careers available
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• Attend a local city council meeting when ordinances are on the agenda such as real grass versus synthetic • Donate to the Tennessee Turfgrass Endowment Fund • Spend one hour per week learning about new issues that we have to pursue. Swap on hour of video games or TV to invest in your career • Speak up at a local gardening class or maybe a HOA meeting and let your neighbors see that you as a TTA member are a good thing for the environment. The future of turfgrass all begins with you, so get out there and talk about grass and get people motivated about it.
Jason Pooler TTA President
TENNESSEE TURFGRASS April/May 2019 Email TTA at: info@ttaonline.org
Tennessee Turfgrass is the official publication of The Tennessee Turfgrass Association 400 Franklin Road Franklin, Tennessee 37069 (615) 928-7001 info@ttaonline.org www.ttaonline.org Published by Leading Edge Communications, LLC 206 Bridge Street Franklin, Tennessee 37064 (615) 790-3718 Fax (615) 794-4524 Email: info@leadingedge communications.com Editor Dr. James Brosnan TTA OFFICERS President Jason Pooler Tri-Turf Sod Farms, Inc. (731) 642-3092 Vice President Doug Ward Belle Meade C.C. (615) 292-6752 Secretary/Treasurer Chris Sykes Tellico Village (865) 458-5408 Past President Theo Lankford Kormac, LLC (615) 519-2701 Executive Director Melissa Martin Tennessee Turfgrass Assn. (615) 928-7001 TTA 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ryan Blair, CGCS Bart Cash Cal Hill Joe Hill Jeff Kuhns Timothy Long Bill Marbet Jason Sanderson Darren Seybold Ryan Storey Paul Webb Scott Wicker TTA ADVISORY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Bill Blackburn Dr. Jim Brosnan Dr. Brandon Horvath Lynn Ray Jeff Rumph, CGCS Dr. Tom Samples Dr. John Sorochan Dr. Wes Totten
