Stephanie Leveling will join John Richter and Lisa LaRose.
BOSS® announced that Stephanie Leveling, a landscape industry veteran, has joined its elevation team.
Elevation Team is unique to BOSS, as a support system for new users and existing users, helping them to achieve excellent results in their business when applying BOSS business management software to their operations. Leveling joined John Richter and Lisa LaRose.
Leveling graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor of science degree in agribusiness/horticulture, and started her green industry career as an intern at Heimos Greenhouses in Millstatt, Illinois, where she worked after graduation.
Leveling moved to the business maintenance field, serving as the foreman of Munie Greencare Professionals in Caseyville, Illinois, and established a career in customer management, working for 30 years in some of the largest business maintenance companies in the St. Louis market. For the past seven years, she has been the department manager of Ideal Landscape Group in southern St. Louis County.
Active in NALP’s Women’s Landscape Network, recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Gateway Professional Horticultural Association in St. Louis. Also active in the community, Leveling is a member of the board of O'Fallon Little Panthers Football Club and serves as the chairman of the local Cub Scouts committee.
"Joining BOSS allows me to work with green industry professionals across the country to help them grow and improve the overall performance of the business, and continue to be a part of and contribute to this industry that I love very much," Leveling said.
BOSS Software is known for its ease of use and customization to meet the company's expanding needs, and is unique in providing return on investment and an unparalleled level of customer service.
BOSS Software aims to solve the common challenges and growth obstacles faced by business owners in multiple vertical markets (including landscape and snow removal management).
NALP's support for the Project EverGreen program extends to its 2,800 member companies.
Cleveland-The National Association of Landscape Professionals has approved the EverGreen Project's Nationally Recognized Force Green Care Program.
GreenCare for Troops is managed by the 501c3 non-profit organization Project EverGreen. It celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2021 and provides free basic lawn care and landscape maintenance services for military personnel with deployed family members.
NALP's accreditation extends the program to its 2,800 member companies, representing 200,000 landscape and lawn care professionals. It has opened the door to more volunteers, providing services to military families and bringing them healthy lawns and landscapes when they need them.
Since the start of the project, more than 7,500 lawn and landscape professionals across the country have provided relevant services such as mowing, shrub trimming, fertilization, weed control, and fire ant services to the families of conscripts. To date, the value of donated services has exceeded 10 million U.S. dollars.
NALP CEO Britt Wood said: "Our industry has a long history of volunteering and EverGreen projects, and GreenCare for Troops is an excellent example of landscape and lawn care professionals making important contributions to their communities-one at a time Property... "The attention to military families is a great compliment to the volunteer project we do during the annual renewal and memorial period of Arlington National Cemetery. "
GCFT volunteers provide more than just lawn care and landscape maintenance: they provide peace of mind during stressful times; a safe place for children to play and family contact; and a cool backyard to escape the heat.
"GCFT is a perfect community service plan for the lawn and landscape industry, and the entire industry can support it," said Cindy Code, executive director of the EverGreen project. "The GCFT program represents all the benefits that the professional lawn and landscape industry provides to its communities."
Landscape and lawn care professionals can register as volunteers or designated families to receive services by visiting the Evergreen Program website or calling 888/611-2955. In addition, GCFT's sister program "Snow Care for Troops" provides free snow removal services for eligible military families in winter.
When volunteers sign up for one or two projects, they can choose the number of families they are willing to help, how far they will travel to perform services and specify which services they will provide.
VP will increase its total investment in Tennessee to US$14.2 million to expand its Huntington business and acquire a new plant in Mackenzie.
San Antonio, Texas — The vice president of Racing Fuels announced a major expansion of its business in Tennessee, including a second new plant in Carroll County.
"Since we first started operations in Tennessee in 2019, the business environment, workforce, and community enthusiasm have all been what we wanted," said Alan Cerwick, President and CEO of VP Racing Fuels. "State, county, and local leadership have all worked with the VP to establish a mutually beneficial relationship. Therefore, we are eager to expand in Carroll County."
VP increased its total investment in Tennessee to $14.2 million to expand its Huntington business and acquire a new facility in Mackenzie near the Carroll County Airport. The project will create a total of 150 new jobs and will be less than three years after the company invested more than US$4 million in establishing its Huntington business.
"I want to thank VP Racing Fuels for their continued investment in Carroll County," said Governor Bill Lee. "Creating jobs in rural Tennessee is critical to our state's economic success. These 150 new jobs will bring more opportunities for those who make Mackenzie and Huntington their home." VP's current Huntington plant expansion It will include the company's US$7 million tank farm for mixing, storing and filling packaging products. McKenzie’s new plant will include blow molding machinery for the manufacture of VP’s popular racing container and VP clothing line, which was launched last year.
More than 120 landscape professionals gathered to celebrate these projects.
Denver-In November this year, the Colorado Landscape Industry Association and the Colorado Joint Landscape Contractor announced the winners of the 2021 Elite Award.
The Elite Award recognizes landscape companies and professionals who have demonstrated professionalism, outstanding performance, management practices, sustainability and innovation.
"This year's winners demonstrated an outstanding commitment to our industry's core values, even in one of the busiest and most challenging seasons in our history," said ALCC CEO John McMahon. "They demonstrated impressive environmental management as well as good business practices and community service."
The elite award category also reflects the services and amenities that ALCC member companies provide to their customers, including community management, design/construction, innovation, landscape construction, landscape maintenance, factory design, and sustainability awards. In addition, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) category recognizes four landscape professionals for their outstanding service and dedication to the industry.
More than 120 landscape professionals gathered to celebrate the award-winning Colorado projects and the organizations that created or maintained these awards.
A brief description of this year's winners, finalists and the projects they submitted is as follows:
Gold Award: Colorado Design Landscape-an outreach program for underserved children during holidays in the Denver metropolitan area
Gold Award: Lifescape Colorado-Application of Xeriscape Principles in a Tudor Denver Home in the 1930s, Colorado
Silver Award: Tree of Life Landscape-Create a private entertainment space, balance the ultra-modern Boulder, CO Home
Bronze Award: Phase I Landscape-Renovate Parker's outdoor living space to cater to the needs of all generations
Award: Rocky Mountain Trees and Landscape Design-a unique business approach focused on key customers and unusual labor resources for a landscape company in Crested Butte, Colorado
Gold Award for Commercial Landscape Construction: Large-scale landscape renovation outside the community entertainment center in northern Denver in the reclamation areas of the western states
Commercial Landscape Construction Silver Award: Landtech Contractors – Construction of a new "outdoor gateway" to Coors Field, Colorado Rocky Mountain Stadium, Denver
Bronze Award for Commercial Landscape Construction: Tree of Life Landscape—Landscape renovation outside the apartment community in Denver, Colorado
Gold Award for Residential Landscape Construction: The Changing Landscape-Landscape Renovation of Boulder Residence, Colorado
Commercial Landscape Maintenance Gold Award: Environmental Designs, Inc. – Extensive maintenance of the apartment community in Loveland, Colorado
Gold Award for Residential Landscape Maintenance: Lifescape Colorado-Detailed maintenance of an English garden-style house in Denver, Colorado
Gold Award: Environmental Designs, Inc.-Maintenance and Revitalization of Flowerbed Irrigation System Outside Industrial Buildings in Loveland, Colorado
Commercial Factory Design Gold Award: Environmental Designs, Inc.-Colored bed in Loveland, Colorado, including logo design
Commercial Plant Design Silver Award: Lifescape Colorado-a vibrant and expansive garden in the Centennial of Colorado
Commercial Plant Design Bronze Award: Environmental Designs, Inc.-Design and modification of the color display of flower pots on the streets of Denver
Gold Award for Residential Plant Design: Tree of Life Landscape-Perennial Garden, including low water consumption planting of houses in the Boulder area
Steven Beacon, Brightview Landscape, Denver, CO
Sophia Gonzales, Rocky Mountain Trees and Landscaping, Crested Butte, CO
Dalva Hedlund, Phase I Landscape, Denver, CO
Michael Hofmann, Colorado Stone Works, Colorado Springs, CO
The cooperation with OLS will help Landscapers Depot strengthen its sales and distribution capabilities.
Rochester, Minnesota — Outdoor Living Supply, a distribution platform for outdoor living products focused on hardscape, acquired Landscapers Depot, which is a landscape, hardscape, and masonry supplier for southern New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, and Merrimack Valley .
For more than 20 years, Landscapers Depot has been a top supplier of high-quality wholesale and retail landscape, hardscape and masonry supplies to the New England professional and consumer markets. Provide a well-stocked nursery-in addition to selected hardscape materials, hand-carved granite, on-site showrooms, design consulting services, equipment rental, "grind your own covering" function and cost-effective delivery-Landscapers Depot is one of them One-stop the shop. The cooperation with OLS will help Landscapers Depot strengthen its sales and distribution capabilities and drive growth in new and existing regions.
"We are pleased to welcome Landscapers Depot to the OLS family and expand our footprint to New England. Landscapers Depot has a talented team with deep expertise in nurseries, mulch, soil, and innovative bulk delivery solutions. Knowledge, which reflects their long-standing customer-centric culture," said Brian Price, CEO of OLS. "The Price family has known Tom and Kelly for more than 20 years; I know that they are as committed to staff development as we are and to provide our customers with quality products, excellent service and excellent value."
"We are very happy to work with Outdoor Living Supply. We feel that we have a strong connection with the OLS team; they understand the industry and have the resources and commitment to innovation needed to take our business to a new level. We choose OLS, not just Because of their ability to promote growth, and because of their dedication to the legacy we have built. OLS will provide our employees and loyal customers with great opportunities," added Tom and Kellie Greer, owners of Landscapers Depot.