ALCA President Kurt Kluznik, CCLP: ?EUR??,,????'??ALCA and the green industry are on a critical path to major growth.?EUR??,,????'??

Kluznik Named ALCA President

On February 6, 2004, Kurt Kluznik, CCLP, founder of Yardmaster, Inc., of Painesville, Ohio, was sworn in as the 2004 president of the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) during the ALCA Executive Forum in San Diego, California.

?EUR??,,????'??ALCA and the green industry are on a critical path to major growth,?EUR??,,????'?? Mr. Kluznik asserted. "The green industry needs to take its rightful place in ?EUR??,,????'??? professionalism, business practices, public policy, image, and profitability," he added. He acknowledged the ?EUR??,,????'??generous, sharing, talented, and selfless individuals?EUR??,,????'?? within the industry and an ?EUR??,,????'??ideal opportunity to give back to the industry all that it has provided to me over the years.?EUR??,,????'??

Mr. Kluznik began Yardmaster, Inc., in 1971, a landscape architectural, design/build, maintenance firm that also does snow removal. The company has expanded to four branches: Avon, Bedford, and Columbus, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. Kluznik became a member of the ALCA in 1979. He?EUR??,,????'???s been chairman of the certification board of governors, the education committee, the exterior landscape council, founder of the recruiting committee, and secretary/treasurer of the ALCA Board of Directors. ?EUR??,,????'??I?EUR??,,????'???m excited to be a part of ALCA as we and the green industry reach new levels," he said.

As ALCA president, Mr. Kluznik hopes to share what he has learned from others in ALCA leadership and to lead the association in fulfilling the ALCA mission: ?EUR??,,????'??To ensure the green industry will flourish by cultivating the personal, professional, and business growth of those who enhance the world?EUR??,,????'???s landscapes.?EUR??,,????'??