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School first in USA to install "green" synthetic turf
The International School of Boston is the first site in the United States to feature synthetic turf with an all-natural infill material.
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CA to study health effects of synthetic, natural turf
State Senator Abel Maldonado sponsored a bill (SB1277) to prepare and provide to the Legislature and post on the board’s Internet Web site a study on the effects of synthetic turf and natural turf on the environment and public health.
Naming rights for sale for high school stadium turf
The Summit County School Board is offering to sell naming rights for a new synthetic turf field at its football stadium for $200,000.
Turf hits the curb at NJ high school
With work on the turf field at High School North set to begin, residents and board members have been wondering about one thing: What would be done with the turf already on the field?
Turface Athletics' fall field seminar schedule
Organizers of the Keep America Playing Tour have announced that the fall Tour will reach from the capital of the nation's heartland to the heart of the nation's capital. Field day educational events will take place in October in both Kansas City, Kans., and Washington D.C., the latter showcasing the first new Major League Baseball LEED stadium, which featured Turface products in its construction.
SAFE Foundation funds traffic tolerance research
The SAFE Foundation, STMA's charitable arm, is funding a three-year traffic tolerance study of cool-season grasses on athletic fields. The research project is being conducted in conjunction with the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP). The research project begins in 2009.
CSG partners with Redexim Charterhouse
CSG, a leading provider of surface treatments and antimicrobial products, today announced a partnership that makes Redexim Charterhouse the nation's largest distributor of CSG's innovative turf products. Redexim Charterhouse is internationally known for its development of innovative turf management products for the golf, sports field and landscape markets.
Sod producer recognized for innovation, cooperation
When Leonard DeBuck arrived in Pine Island, NY as a student intern from Michigan State University, he did not know that the Black Dirt region of Orange County would become home for him, his future family, and a successful sod business. Twenty-eight years later, De Buck’s peers remark on his innovative spirit and leadership.
"The Boss" to play at Super Bowl in Tampa
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla NBC announced Sunday night.
Paul Leonard Newman, 1925-2008
Paul Leonard Newman, 83, one of the most warmly admired and universally loved figures in motion pictures and philanthropy, died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse home near Westport, CT.