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The Illinois Turfgrass Foundation (ITF) is committed to funding turf research and education in Illinois. As the largest turf principal organization in Illinois, ITF has contributed over 1.5 million dollars to projects and grants within the state. Through enthusiastic support of its members, ITF has and continues to accomplish a number of impressive achievements.
Midwest Golf House Complex (Aug 25 & 26, 2009)
11855 Archer Ave
Lemont, IL 60439
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In order to raise revenue and fully utilize all available resources, the ITF board of directors has opted to forgo hosting the IPTC (at least for 2009) and play host to a totally new type of venture named the iTurfExpo.
Although the iTurfExpo is still in its infancy of planning stages, your ITF committee members are now feverishly ironing out the details for what type of fundraiser/educational tool this will become. At this point to describe it best would be to call it a Turfgrass Field Day/Trade Show on steroids. The iTurfExpo will bring the following advantages:
- Create an atmosphere where you can come and see the latest products and equipment in action, not just brochures and parked equipment.
- Allow live vendor product and equipment demonstrations with no conflicting educational programming.
- Provide full access to turfgrass research field studies and turfgrass variety trials plus annuals, perennials and many other plant families.
- Registrant participation in equipment demonstration.
- Specialized training for your staff including safety, irrigation and pruning.
- Additional educational opportunities, in the way of winter workshops, to each allied turfgrass association without being tied to a single event (IPTC).
The iTurfExpo plans on including various outdoor education stops, such as: Weed walks, flower walks, paver installation, irrigation repair, logo painting, sprayer/spreader calibration, chainsaw/linetrimmer safety, pruning walk, rotary mower sharpening, reel grinding, bedknife facing, chemical mixing and loading, and pesticide spill containment.
This is certainly a change from our conventional way of doing business; however, we believe this change will help us become more financially stable, keep our organizational goals intact, and provide funding for turfgrass research and education to our membership.
Please mark your calendars and plan on attending this year’s iTurfExpo!
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