ANLA and PLANET Merger

The Professional Landcare Network, or PLANET, may soon welcome aboard the ANLA.

After seven months of discussions by a task force of volunteers from the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) and the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the associations are on course to merge. PLANET was the result of a 2004 merger between the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) and the Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA).

Agreement by the ANLA Senate is necessary for the ANLA to move forward. If the association Senate agrees at its meeting in July, a more formal evaluation will begin. If the merger happens, it would likely occur in 2006.

?EUR??,,????'??With all the challenges and opportunities faced by the green industry, it makes sense for our national associations to be working smarter, not just harder,?EUR??,,????'?? says Peter Orum, ANLA president. ?EUR??,,????'??Bringing these two leading associations together would dramatically increase the industry?EUR??,,????'???s lobbying profile in Washington, D.C.?EUR??,,????'??

The most compelling reasons for the merger would be a national association with combined revenues of more than $9 million and a staff of 48, resources larger than about 75 percent of the trade associations in the U.S. The combined membership would exceed 6,000.
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