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Follow us at @Athletic_Turf Like us on Facebook Follow our RSS Feed    IN THE SPOTLIGHT Nonprofit breaks ground on Detroit school’s new football field Detroit Lions to donate goal posts Nonprofit organization Life Remodeled broke ground on construction of a new football field for Detroit's Cody High School on July 11. The Detroit Lions will donate goal posts as part of a plan by Life Remodeled to renovate the school and its surrounding neighborhood this summer. [read more... plus video!] STMA, Toro award three students with scholarship The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) and The Toro Co. are honoring three students with the Dr. James R. Watson Legacy Scholarship. The award is a special, one-time scholarship funded by The Toro Giving Program in celebration of the company’s centennial this month as well as STMA’s SAFE Foundation. [read more]    ASSOCIATIONS' PRESS BOX Natural grass sports fields offer a winning pitch By Jim Novak How do natural turfgrass sports fields measure up to artificial turf fields? Take a look at the set-up, results and conclusions of recent independent research on the environmental impact of grass sports fields. [read more] STC to donate soccer field to Haven for Hope at annual meeting By Terrie Ward The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) is donating a 16,200-square-foot soccer field to the children and families of Haven for Hope at its annual membership meeting Sept. 29 through Oct. 1 in San Antonio. STC’s member companies donated materials and labor to fund the community service project. [read more]    PLAYING THE FIELD New Jersey landscape association renovates little league field Members from the New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) teamed up to renovate the Charles Mastik Memorial Field July 11-12 in Little Ferry, N.J. The community field had not been maintained well and was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. [read more] Georgia wake park installs HydroTurf on banks, shorelines Terminus, a cable-pulled wake park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center Complex in Emerson, Ga., installed a HydroTurf system by Watershed Geosynthetics. The synthetic turf system was installed around the banks and shorelines. [read more... plus video!] Postal worker revives field where Tiger Stadium once stood Mitch Albom’s Heart of Detroit segment for WDIV Detroit covers a story of a man who revived Tiger Stadium, where the Detroit Tigers played until 1999. Watch the story of how one man created the Navin Field Crew to maintain the field and clean up the area every Sunday. [read more... plus video!]    INDUSTRY NEWS PERC partners with Audubon International The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) partnered with environmental nonprofit Audubon International to advance the use of clean, low-emission propane equipment. PERC joins Audubon International as a sponsor of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program. [read more] 9 states, 5 cities declare July as Smart Irrigation Month Nine states and five municipalities joined Colorado, Louisiana, and the city and county of Denver in officially recognizing July as Smart Irrigation Month. Smart Irrigation Month is an industry-wide initiative to increase public awareness of the value of water-use efficiency during summer’s peak demand. [read more] Bayer names Darrin Batisky North American sales manager Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, appointed Darrin Batisky to area sales manager for the North American turf and ornamentals business. In his new role, Batisky is responsible for the growth and maintenance of user relationships and initiating buyer opportunities. [read more]    SPONSORED PRODUCT Arysta LifeScience: XONERATE XONERATE Herbicide, from Arysta LifeScience, manages and eliminates Poa annua. Research shows it is up to 90 percent effective in controlling Poa annua. Upon treatment, results may be seen within three to four weeks. [read more]

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