Executive Director Message
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This past year, 2021, has been all about preparation for growing Texas Turfgrass Association! What I love is that a Board of Directors can come together in a room and talk passionately about what we can do to grow, change, and encompasses differently the industry. Are we going to hit the mark? Not always. But we do make small jumps in the right direction and always for the benefit for the members and to advance the industry and our education. The Texas Turfgrass Association Board of Directors brainstormed this year on how we can grow and change both the Summer and Winter shows for 2021 and produced two neat ways to peak both family and member interest. We hit a Home Run at the Summer Conference this past July with the Family Friendly Putting Tournament. Kudos to our planning committee for pulling together and for our members for bringing out your families for this fun-filled event. For those of you that missed, TTA Organized a buy- out of the White-Water Putting course at the Horseshoe Bay Resort and with the help of our generous Sponsors and the Horseshoe Bay staff, this event was one for great memories and that needs to be duplicated in subsequent meetings! Families and members gathered for drinks and appetizers first, and then in teams branched off for putting and while keeping score. I personally did not realize how challenging the putting course was until I attempted it after the conference and saw my score compared to the winners at our show. Congratulations to all winners and for everyone who attended! The biggest change to our Winter planning has been the first Gun Raffle Event that was organized by two TTA Board Members, Scott Sipes and Bubba Simons. Through generous support of ten companies, we were able to launch this first ever gun raffle! TTA board members teamed up to sell gun tickets and we have had a blast creating a raffle to help promote interest in the TTA winter show and gain monetary support for the advancement of TTA.
Thank you to all Members, Exhibitors, Sponsors, and my amazing Board of Directors for working, speaking, and emailing me all year long. I look forward to a great year in 2022 and I hope we can keep making slight changes that have big impacts for our Association and education to the industry! Thank you to everyone for being a member and for your support! God Bless! Your Executive Director, Katie Flowers
