Notables: April 2007 - Nursery Management & Production

New positions

Elin Dowd to president; Robert Smiland to chief marketing and sales officer; Mark Buchholtz to chief operating officer; and Tyler Page to chief financial officer, Monrovia Growers, Azusa, Calif.

Chad Cavolo to regional sales manager, Bandit Industries Inc., Remus, Mich.

Joe Fraser to president, Southern Sales and Marketing Group Inc., Atlanta.

Paul Tompkins to wholesale center manager; Marlene Dykhouse to account manager; and Rick Miller to territory sales representative, Zelenka Nursery LLCD, Grand Haven, Mich.

Natalia Hamill to product specialist, Skagit SuperStarts, Mount Vernon, Wash.

Roger Beaulieu to territory manager, ForemostCo Inc., Miami.

Honors

Bailey Nurseries, St. Paul, Minn., was named Environmental Business of the Year by Great River Greening.

Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University and GMPRO columnist, received the IR-4 Meritorious Service Award.

Northern Christmas Trees and Nursery, Merillan, Wis., received the Distinguished Service Award from Wisconsin Green Industry Federation.

Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care, Rochester, N.Y., became certified in the installation of green roofs and living walls.

Eric Tietig, Pine Island Nursery and Tree Farm, Miami, was named Farm Credit/FNGLA Young Nursery Professional of the Year.

Dave Van Essen, Van Essen Nursery, Lebanon, Ore., is the first recipient of the Spring Meadow Proven Winners ColorChoice Innovation Award.

Associations

New members of Texas Nursery and Landscape Association board of directors: Charles Britton Jr., Britton Consulting, Lubbock, chairman; and Bill Brown, Creekside Nursery, Hempstead, chairman-elect.

New members of Western Nursery and Landscape Association board: Steve Ritter, Ritter’s Inc., West Burlington, Iowa; and Sandi Hillermann McDonald, Hillerman Nursery and Florist, Washington, Mo., board member.

Business changes

Shemin opened a new location in Lawrenceville, N.J.

Cub Cadet, Valley City, Ohio, and Yanmar, Osaka, Japan, formed a joint venture to market compact utility tractors and implements.

Initial Tropical Plants, Riverwoods, Ill., acquired Planteriors, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Deaths

Dave Mears, Mears Floral Products, Springfield, Mo., died Jan. 17. He was 63.

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Bill Blackmore, past president of Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association, Mason City, died Feb. 3. He was 87.