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DEPARTMENTS 6 From the CEO: Into the Unknown


40 From the Hill: 2020 Election


42 I Am a Landscape Professional: Christy Webber, Christy Webber Landscapes


INDUSTRY ISSUES


8 Faces of the Industry: Kinson Desmangles


10 Safety Focus: Landscape Companies with Low Experience MODs Do These 5 Things


14 Pandemic Economy Continues to Drive Mergers and Acquisitions


16 Family Businesses: Working Better Together


THE NALP EXPERIENCE


19 NALP Experience: A Look at NALP’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives


22 NALP Experience: NALP Holds Small 2020 Renewal & Remembrance Ceremony


24 NALP Experience: Meet Shayne Newman, NALP’s New President


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How We Do It: Augmenting Fleets with Robotics


Advertiser Index


Ariens/Gravely .........................................................................20-21 Bartlett Tree Experts ..................................................................18


Bayer...................................................................Inside Back Cover Billy Goat. ..............................................................................................35 Florasearch ............................................................................................3


Husquvarna ................................................................................12-13 Kawasaki .........................................................Inside Front Cover NALP Certification .....................................................................34


NALP LANDSCAPES ..............................................................23 Proven Winners ColorChoice....................................................5


4 The Landscape Professional //September/October 2020


Quartix .........................................................................................................9 STIHL .........................................................................................................7


UGA Certification ...........................................................................33 Z-Spray ...............................................................................Back Cover


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Educator of the Year: Darrell Bley


26 NALP Experience: Apprenticeship: Mentors vs. Program Managers


38 NALP Experience: New Members


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