New and Exciting Plans

TCNC had its first (and hopefully the last for everyone’s sake) virtual annual meeting on January 21, 2021. The annual meeting went well considering it was our first event in the virtual world. Attendance at the virtual annual meeting was less than we had hoped for. However, we do understand many people are experiencing virtual meeting exhaustion and may have thought they couldn’t sit through another one.

We want to thank our sponsors for the event again and the members that took time out of their schedules to join us. Sponsors for the Annual Meeting and Education & Knowledge Series included Green Resource, Shennings Lawn Care, Southern Seeds Inc. and Quail-Pro.

TCNC presented our newly revised Strategic Plan initiative. This Strategic Plan will allow us to focus on what our members and the Board of Directors deem important.

We also had the first of four virtual Education and Knowledge Series events immediately following the annual meeting. Dr. Kathie Dello with State Climatologist of North Carolina and the Director of NC State Climate Office provided an excellent presentation on Weather Changes & Trends in NC.

We learned 2020 was North Carolina’s second wettest and the third warmest on record. Another noted reality was the increase in hurricane intensity. It can be difficult to predict weather patterns but thanks to scientists like Dr. Dello, we can get a good idea on where we could be in the future. The data we saw was very intriguing for our industry.

Mike Brown, a Leadership and Resource Consultant, was our second presenter for our virtual Education and Knowledge series on February 4th. It was an excellent interactive discussion on recruiting and keeping employees in the turfgrass industry.

TCNC has several new and exciting plans for the future which we hope to start rolling out in 2021. Thank you for being a part of The Turfgrass Council of North Carolina.

Kevin Herrmann

2021 TCNC President