Appreciation

This is my final President’s letter as my term is ending at our annual meeting in January. It has been an honor to serve as President of the Turfgrass Council of North Carolina over the past two years. I feel our industry is making strides in the right direction with all the growth and building strong foundations to weather potential storms down the road. This industry has great people in it from all backgrounds that are always willing to help one another. I feel like the friendship among us is second to none in this business and I will cherish it always. Gene Queen will be taking my place as President and I feel he will go above and beyond to continue the great work TCNC has done for so many years. Gene has been in the turf business for many years and knows about this industry. He will look after our best interests.

TCNC is moving forward and we are always looking ways to improve the value of your membership. The annual meeting and conference is at the end of January and there are some good speakers for this event. The Board of directors and the staff at TCNC work really hard in planning this conference. This is a good time for education and networking in this industry.

This organization is more than this magazine you are reading now. Behind the scenes work is always being done to protect us from regulations from local and state governments. Our partnership with the Green Industry Council is vital for this and should not be overlooked. Just in the short time I have been involved with the TCNC, fertilizer restrictions were being brought up but were later reevaluated and discouraged due to the work of organizations like ours.

My final message as President is simple — get involved with TCNC. We want and need your support. We want to hear your views and comments to continue to make TCNC great. I want members to know we are here to help you in this industry.

Thank you for the honor of letting me serve this great origination.

God Bless.

Damon Dean, CGCS

TCNC President

Damon Dean, CGCS, TCNC President