On June 28 the Green Sports Alliance will present its annual Environmental Leadership Award and Environmental Innovators of the Year awards during its Green Sports Celebration. The sixth year of awards will recognize and celebrate the best in sports and sustainability at the Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center. The Environmental Leadership Award is given only to individuals. It goes to a person... read more
Turfgrass Producers International recognized several deserving individuals during the association’s 2017 International Education Conference & Field Day. Among those honored during TPI’s 50th Anniversary Banquet on February 22 at the Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Fla., were: Dr. Clint Waltz, University of Georgia and Dr. William Meyer, Rutgers, University were both the proud recipients of TPI’s Turfgrass Educator Award of Excellence.... read more
Georgian College of Barrie, Ontario, Canada, has hired Worldwide Turf Canada to install the first FIFA certified field by a Sportsturf dealer. School administrators worked with Worldwide Turf Canada representatives to select Duration 50 paired with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) infill and laid over a Thermagreen pad. This combination was chosen due to the outstanding performance it would provide to... read more
Super-Sod broke ground on a new, energy-efficient store that will serve the northeast Atlanta area. Based in Alpharetta, Ga., this building will supply sod and organic compost produced at Super-Sod’s Georgia farms. “We’re excited to bring sod straight from the farm to our customers in this area,” said Tate Reddick, Super-Sod’s vice president of real estate acquisitions. “It’s a great... read more
A bankruptcy judge has cleared APT Advanced Polymer Technology to take over AstroTurf‘s Georgia-based marketing operations, The Wall Street Journal reported. The final sale was for roughly $16.1 million. AstroTurf lawyers proposed to sell the Dalton, Ga., company, which markets and sells artificial turf products to university athletic departments and sports facilities, after putting its operations into chapter 11 protection... read more
