Every month there are new conditions affecting our broad economy, the construction trades, and the Green Industry! This month the big talk is the panicked…
The possible overtime regulation changes most thought would not happen are looking more likely now. The Obama administration proposed changes to the overtime rules and…
As 2015 concluded many in the construction trades were crunching numbers and looking to the future. 2015 was another good growth year for construction in…
Humans are animals. Just because we evolved into concentrated advanced societies, we still have a connection with the Earth. Research and life experience proves we…
Midwest Green Industry contractors are slugging their way through the spring clean-up, start-up, and catch-up season. An annual right of passage that tests the abilities…
How nice to see the sun and mild temperatures!! A new landscape season is happening. Contractors seem to be optimistic and why would they not?…
Finally the grip of a snowy cold winter is loosened and we have a golf season underway. The NGF predicts play will continue to slowly…
My high school woodshop teacher had a sign on the wall. "It’s not the hours you put in that count, it’s what you put in…
By this time every year a multitude of economists have offered their opinion of what the year should bring. Even the economists will agree that…
The acquisition of new customers can be a very expensive endeavor. Running ads, keeping a website up to date, blogging, mailers, or anything else you…
