Collaboration

Greetings Members,

A group of VTC members and I recently attended a workshop and met with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, to provide recommendations to the Businesses for the Bay (B4B) Steering Committee to help them broaden that program. We were hosted by David Gunnarson at Lockheed Martin in Manassas, Virginia. By working with B4B, our goal is to educate them and their members that properly maintained turfgrass is the best filter for the bay. We are trying to build relationships with all the “Save the Bay” groups to gain their trust so that they can understand that turfgrass is not a bad thing. Some additional reasons are as follows:

By working with B4B we can broaden VTC’s outreach to increase membership and reach more diverse businesses

Impact VTC revenue by increasing membership

Opens more doors to reach other “Save the Bay” groups

Our relationship with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is strong and we need to continue to collaborate with them as it benefits both parties. As we continue to educate them, they will understand all the benefits that turfgrass brings.

Thank you,

Scott H. Woodward

President, Virginia Turfgrass Council

Scott Woodward, 2019 President