The Sports Turf Managers Association's 24th annual Conference and Exhibition will be held in Daytona Beach, FL January 15-18. The board has re-worked the format to include more educational opportunities, including the new STMA Academy, a series of pre- and post-conference workshops. Register now to get a hotel room across the street from the convention center so you don't miss any of the action! Click here to be connected to the conference brochure and registration pages.
The seemingly endless turf war between supporters and opponents of installing synthetic fields and lights at Golden Gate Park's Beach Chalet soccer fields is headed to court. Turf opponents, worried about the environmental effects of replacing the four grass soccer fields with an artificial surface, have been shot down at the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, Recreation and Park Commission and the Board of Appeals.
Hillsboro School District is moving forward with a lawsuit against a variety of construction-related businesses after holes opened under a soccer field at Liberty High School. The district is seeking at least $1.7 million from Robinson Construction of Hillsboro of Beaverton, Mahlum Architects of Portland and American Sports Product Group, doing business as Southwest Recreational Industries, of Texas. The district blames the companies for a failing drainage system installed under its artificial-turf fields that is continuing to damage the district's property.
You can learn the behaviors of a good leader, and act like one, but until you truly feel and believe in what you are doing, your "audience" may be left unconvinced, uninspired, and wanting more. By "audience" I mean anyone within the leader's realm of influence – peers, direct reports, managers, customers, stakeholders. Like a realistic actor, the character-based leader engages his mind, heart, and soul in an authentic portrayal of the part. He's not merely acting the part. He is leading.
Following a final screening event at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, the judging panel chose "Isla Urbana" by Greg Harriott of Brooklyn, NY as the $10,000 Jury Award winner. Audience members selected "The Wash" by Carla Dauden of Long Beach, CA as the winner of the $5,000 Audience Choice Award.
Recently, the Synthetic Turf Council held its Annual Membership Meeting in Dallas. This meeting attracted approximately 200 members representing companies that include builders, landscape architects, testing labs, maintenance providers, manufacturers, suppliers, installation contractors, infill materials suppliers and other specialty service companies. The national non-profit association's meeting also included strong educational content and a local community service project.
A trio of world first presentations headline this year’s IOG Conference (York Racecourse, Thursday December 6), with FIFA's first public airing of its new guide 'for global improvement in natural grass', while Manchester City FC will for the first time outline to the groundsmanship industry the club's exciting plans for a new training ground and academy.
LOUISVILLE, KY. (Oct. 24, 2012) -- Green Media, a division of M2MEDIA360 -- publisher of Arbor Age, Landscape and Irrigation, Outdoor Power Equipment and SportsTurf -- is proud to announce the 2012 selections for "Most Influential People in the Green Industry."
