TNLA Working For You October 30, 2020

Be the First to Know News and Updates from TNLA! OCTOBER 30, 2020

NEW ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT Page 5

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02 Deadlines

04 TNLA Career Center Current Job Postings

02 Meeting and Events Calendar 02 Catch Up on CEUs with the Most Recent Webinars 03 Embrace Your Space: List Your Retail Space on TNLA's New Embrace Your Space Campaign - Capture Your Carbon 04 Member News: Membership Value Added Offerings

06 Working For You Advertising Opportunities, The Green Shop 07 TNLA Best of Texas: Spooky Sale

04 Member News: Education Update 05 Economic Impact Report: The Green Industry's Contributions to the Texas Economy 06 Legislative & Regulatory: TNLA Attends Pesticide Meeting & Prepares for Legislative Session

08 Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Back Cover PartnerShip

07 TNLA 365 Mobile App Experience: It's a Must Install

Retail Garden Center Applications for the NEW Texas Garden Retailer Award (TGRA), due by November 7, 2020 | APPLY HERE

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 1 – 2 p.m. CT 2020 Texas Immigration Webinar Series presented by FWD.us: Panelist include: Amy Graham, President & CEO, Texas Nursery & Landscape Association & Andrew Moriarty, Deputy Director of Federal Policy, FWD.us CLICK HERE TO WATCH ONLINE

Texas Excellence in Landscaping Awards (TEIL) Entries, November 8, 2020 | APPLY HERE

January 28-29, 2021 Dallas, TX TNLA Retail/ Landscape Summit (Sponsored By Ramblin Jackson)

Applications for the Grow Texas Scholarship, November 15, 2020 | APPLY HERE The TNLA Foundation Scholarship, December 31, 2020 | APPLY HERE

August 5-7, 2021 San Antonio, TX Nursery/Landscape EXPO BOOK YOUR BOOTH

Catch Up on CEUs with the Most Recent Webinars: CLICK TO WATCH Pools and Fluxes of Carbon in Forested Ecosystems with Dr. Jeremy Stoval, How Carbon Sequestration Improves Your Turf Grass with Dr. Joey Young Carbon Concerns in the Managed Landscape with Drew Zwart PhD

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Embrace Your Space list your retail garden center in tnla's new embrace your space campaign - capture your carbon TNLA's Embrace Your Space has a NEW campaign with a FREE media kit to download called Capture Your Carbon. We want to help your company stay connected with your community by providing these digital assets to share on your company's social media platforms. TNLA is also launching the Capture Your Carbon Map of participating retailers, to help spread the word to consumers so they can find your business to help them Capture their Carbon and Embrace their Space. If you are interested in having your retail garden center take part in this initiative and have your store listed on the interactive map, contact ashley@tnlaonline.org. #CaptureYourCarbon

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MEMBER NEWS: MEMBERSHIP VALUE ADDED OFFERINGS Purchase the latest Compensation Study to gain valuable data and help your company do business better, CLICK HERE NEW PROVIDER Merchant Owl (Credit Card Processing)

For a complete list of TNLA Member Benefit Partners CLICK HERE

Tommy Simmons, Attorney (Wage & Employment Law) Texas Green Industry Safety Group (Workers Comp) Hotchkiss Insurance (All Insurance)

MEMBER NEWS: EDUCATION UPDATE Learning Landscape Design: Garden Sanctuary - Free for Members!

Join Author John Beaudry as he walks you through the fundamentals of landscape design, and gives you tips on design success. John will also go over using plants and drawing basics. This online course was made possible by a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Available for Free in TNLA's Online Store TNLA CAREER CENTER JOB POSTINGS: VISIT POSTING

NEW! Magnolia Gardens Nursery, Propagation Manager, Waller, Texas

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Confidential Employer, Customer Service Representative, Georgetown, Texas

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Blooming Colors Nursery & Landscaping, Ltd., Experienced Landscape Designer, Grapevine, Texas

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Roundtree Landscaping, Inc., Landscape Sales & Design, Dallas, Texas

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MBL, Inc., Crew Lead Supervisor, Fort Worth, Texas

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GoMaterials, Nursery/Grower Development Consultant, Austin/Dallas/Houston, Texas

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James Landscaping, Inc., Landscape Design/Sales Position, Keller, Texas

SEE ALL OF THE TNLA CAREER CENTER OPPORTUNITIES HERE

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Background Information Saying that 2020 is an extraordinary year would be a monumental understatement. Business disruptions are commonplace pretty much throughout the entire economy. The green industry is no exception, though after the initial shock, the “staycation effect” ended up being fairly positive for most sectors in the green industry. However, this report covers data through December 2019, before the impacts of COVID-19. The green industry is strongly correlated with housing and new home sales continued to be a bright spot for the US economy last year. The number of single-family homes sold in 2019 was up almost 17% from 2018. In the third quarter of 2019, the U.S. economy entered the 11th year of its expansion, making it the longest expansion in U.S. history. While the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) was at its highest level ever, the rate of economic growth since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009 had been quite restrained. During the 41 quarters following the second quarter of 2009, the annualized rate of real GDP growth was 2.3%—somewhat above what is considered the long-term rate of growth for the U.S. economy. This was the backdrop for green industry firms during 2019.

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The total economic contributions of the Green Industry in Texas were estimated at $27.81 billion in output; 260,752 jobs, and $15.77 billion in value added

Summary of Texas Sales Total green industry sales in Texas were $22.4 billion in 2019. The production and manufacturing sales increased 9.27% to a total of $2.56 billion in 2019. Note that he comptroller’s office sales numbers are adjusted for the preceding three years before the sales numbers become final.

The Horticultural Services sector grew 12.64% to $6.81 billion in 2019. Wholesale and Retail had an increase of 5.45% to a total of $12.98 billion in 2019. The net margins attributed to the retail sector accounted for more than $3.9 billion. Net margins represent the share of sales attributed to the retail sector and not accounting for the portion of sales included in the production and manufacturing sector or the horticultural services sector. This study measures green industry sales in Texas by sector and then estimates economic contributions to the Texas Economy in terms of output, employment and value added. Click Here to Read More.

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Last week, TNLA staff along with TNLA landscape members attended the Texas Structural Pesticide Advisory Committee meeting to monitor a discussion on proposed changes to the TDA Commercial Applicator Statute. At the meeting, TDA staff highlighted a change in the law which could provide greater clarity for the agency and re-affirm the ability of TDA pesticide license holders to utilize supervision. TNLA has already engaged other industry associations relevant to this potential change and is actively working to prepare for the legislative session where this may present as a major issue.

Preparing for 2021: · Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar spoke with TNLA staff in preparation for the 2021 state revenue projection. Hegar had a positive outlook on the state’s trajectory is perspective to other state governments although he cautioned that there would be a serious shortfall in the current budget and next session’s budget. · House Chairman Giovanni Capriglione briefed TNLA staff on the budget for the next session.

He affirmed his personal commitment against raising additional tax or fee revenue to fill a budget deficit for next session. · Texas Department of Agriculture staff met with TNLA to share insight into the appropriations request submitted to the legislature for the agency to fund the many programs impacting the green industry. TNLA will be working with allies in the legislature to ensure these programs remain funded. · TNLA’s Legislative Action Center currently features action items for Texas green industry members. Please visit and send a message to our Congressional delegation to give voice to the need for H-2B relief in the FY 21 season.

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