Total Landscape Care Digital Magazine
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breaking ground totallandscapecare.com /TotalLandscapeCare @TLCmagazine Editorial Editorial Director: Marcia Gruver Doyle Editor-At-Large: Lauren Heartsill Dowdle Online Managing Editor: Patty Vaughan editorial@totallandscapecare.com Design & Production Art Director: Emily Ezekiel Graphic Designer: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Linda Hapner production@totallandscapecare.com Construction Media Senior VP, Market Development, Construction Media: Dan Tidwell VP of Sales, Construction Media: Joe Donald sales@randallreillyconstruction.com Corporate Chairman/CEO: Mike Reilly President: Brent Reilly Chief Process Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Administration Officer: David Wright Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Vice President of Events: Alan Sims Vice President, Audience Development: Stacy McCants Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Director of Marketing: Julie Arsenault 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: totallandscapecare@halldata.com For subscription information/inquiries, please email: totallandscapecare@halldata.com. Total Landscape Care (ISSN # 1932-8303) is published monthly by Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC, 3200 Rice Mine Road NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Single copy price: US $6, Canada/Mexico $9, Foreign $12. For subscriptions, call (800) 517-4979 in the U.S. or (847) 763-9610 outside the U.S. U.S. Periodicals Postage Paid at Tuscaloosa, AL and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 707.4.12.5); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Total Landscape Care, PO Box 2196, Skokie, IL 60076-9852. All contributions in the form of unsolicited letters, manuscripts, stories, materials, photographs or art are welcome, addressed to the editor. These submissions cannot be returned except where the sender provides a postage-paid, addressed, stamped envelope. RandallReilly Publishing Company, LLC cannot assume responsibility for unintentional loss or damage to submitted materials. All advertisements for Total Landscape Care magazine are accepted and published by Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC on the representation that the advertiser and/or advertising agency are authorized to publish the entire contents and subject matter thereof. The advertiser and/or advertising agency will defend, indemnify and hold Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC harmless from and against any loss, expenses or other liability resulting from any claims or suits for libel violations of right of privacy or publicity, plagiarisms, copyright or trademark infringement and any other claims or suits that may arise out of publication of such advertisement. Copyright ©2013 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Total Landscape Care is a trademark of Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC neither endorses nor makes any representation or guarantee regarding the quality of goods and services advertised herein. Total Landscape Care is a proud supporter of... Ask Not What Your Community Can Do For You Stop thinking about your business for a second. Yes, running a landscape company requires a lot of focus, especially since it's your livelihood. But, to take your business and community presence to another level, you'll need to open your eyes to the people and needs in your town. A perfect example of someone who lives a service-focused life is a veteran I met in Hoover, Alabama. "Don't think about yourself," says Rear Admiral John T. Natter, U.S. Navy, who served our country for 40 years. "Think of others and how you can serve your country in some way, whether on a local or national basis. If you do that, everything else will take care of itself." Besides it being "the right thing to do," donating your time and resources shines a positive light on your business that no amount of marketing can achieve. That may mean maintaining a park, donating landscape supplies to a school, hanging Christmas lights for disabled residents or providing services for veterans and their families. And as we remember the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11, you could also offer military families a discount this month. (To see more ideas, visit totallandscapecare. com/gallery and check out the service project photos submitted by landscapers.) Reaching even farther, you could take your efforts to a national level, like more than 400 green industry professionals did in July at the Arlington National Cemetery (read about this event on page 9). No matter your company's size, budget or location, there's something you can do to give back. Lauren Heartsill Dowdle Now, get started! Editor-At-Large S E P T E M B E R 2013 TLC0913_EdNote.indd 7 Tot alLandsc a p eCa re. com 7 8/26/13 1:40 PM