From the TTA President
Jason Pooler
What a Wet and
Cold Winter! H
opefully everyone went into winter with the grass at your facility in tiptop shape because this weather has been all over the place, with December and early January having high temperatures and then freezing temperatures in
February. This has been one of the wettest winters to date; one can only think about the drought we may have ahead of us this summer. Welcome to Tennessee weather! What better place to learn than the TTA 53rd annual conference and trade
“First Class Turf Grass Dirt Cheap”
ServiceS • Sod
Installation • Sprigging • Laser Grading
• Construction
• Athletic
• Meyer
• HGT
& Renovation • Golf Courses
Fields • Topdressing • Hydroseeding
SOD varietieS • Tifway
II • Tifway 419 • Latitude 36
Zoysia • Fescue Blend • Geo Zoysia
• RTF
Bluegrass
Member: TPI • Tennessee Turfgrass Association Tennessee Valley Sports Turf • STMA
1-800-643-TURF www.TriTurfSod.com 6
TENNESSEE TURFGRASS February/March 2019 Email TTA at: info@ttaonline.org
show? If you didn’t make it to the conference, it was one of the most informational conferences I’ve been to. We had nothing but compliments from everyone about the classes that were held and the quality of the trade show. Our guest speaker at the awards ceremony, Rodney Smith Jr. of Raising Men Lawn Care Service, was absolutely incredible with his unbelievable mission. He has successfully helped people all over the United States. With all that said, I would like to give thanks to all my TTA Board, Jim Brosnan and the UT staff and last but not least, our Executive Director Melissa Martin for all the hard work that they put into the conference and trade show to make it a great success. I would also like to thank long time member and board member Joe Hill for all the services he has done and also Scott Wicker for his dedication to the board. I would like to welcome back Jeff Kuhns, Paul Webb, Cal Hill and welcome new board members Mark Stovall and Jeff Huber, we look forward to working with you guys this year. If you have ideas for next year’s event, please get with one of our board members who want to make 2020 conference even bigger and better. We have already been hard at work planning it out. Hope everyone has a productive 2019 growing season.
Jason Pooler TTA President 2018–2019
