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From the President
Looking Ahead
The time has come for my last President’s message to you. I will give a brief year in review before looking ahead. As you are aware, we redesigned our website www.TNLA.com to improve the user experience, the management of programs and events, and increase the awareness of board members about events and membership status. We are also putting together a Buyer’s Guide for the first time in over a decade. Back in May we held our special Field Day event at the TSU Nursery Research Center where we had a day of education and vendor displays. In October, we held our Golf Classic at Fall Creek Falls on the beautiful Tennessee Golf Trail and followed up the next evening at The Magnolia Event Center with our annual awards banquet and membership meeting where we got to witness The Volunteers beat the Crimson Tide. State Senator Janice Bowling and Representative Paul Sherrill were also in attendance.
I want to leave you with a vision of the future. This year Terri Turner will serve as our second ever female Ex-Officio. Next year, Osvaldo Lopez will serve as our first ever Hispanic President. The markets are changing, the workplace is changing and so are we. Now I have to put you on excitement alert - on October 23-24, 2025 our TNGRO trade show will return to the Farm Bureau Expo Center, for more information visit https://tnla.com/TNGRO. Finally, TNLA is actively supporting the movement to build an Ag Expo Center right here in Warren, County with more to come as things advance. Big things are happening in our industry, in our state, and in our association. Stay tuned, the best is yet to come!
It’s been an honor to serve as your President a second time. Your Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association is 119 years strong. Please participate by serving on the board or on a committee if you get a chance. We need your help to carry the vision forward and advocate on behalf of the real green industry! Thank you all.
Jon FlandersTNLA President
