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The Professional Landcare Network?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Crystal Ball Committee met in Ft. Myers, Fla. this Nov. 8-11. For the first time since 1989, the committee undertook detailed discussions and analysis for a long-term projection of industry needs and growth. The participants are now working to use the discussions to produce a report that looks to the state of the industry in 2020. It will likely be released in March, McCutcheon said. Along with chair McCutcheon of Georgia?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s HighGrove Partners, the extended seminar brought together 15 other landscape construction business owners and managers, along with DePaul Professor of Finance and futurist William Poppei. The four-day meeting generated 87 pages of typed notes that are now being distilled into the report.
The Professional Landcare Network?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Crystal Ball Committee met in Ft. Myers, Fla. this Nov. 8-11. For the first time since 1989, the committee undertook detailed discussions and analysis for a long-term projection of industry needs and growth.
The participants are now working to use the discussions to produce a report that looks to the state of the industry in 2020. It will likely be released in March, McCutcheon said.
Along with chair McCutcheon of Georgia?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s HighGrove Partners, the extended seminar brought together 15 other landscape construction business owners and managers, along with DePaul Professor of Finance and futurist William Poppei.
The four-day meeting generated 87 pages of typed notes that are now being distilled into the report.
The landscape construction and maintenance industry will continue to grow over the next decade and a half, but it will also grow more competitive, McCutcheon said. The meeting chairman gave LCN readers a summary of some key meeting points. Spanish-speaking labor from south of the border will not dominate the industry like it does today. Depending on political developments, and the worldwide security situation, more workers may come from other regions, like Asia and Africa. Women are a potential source of landscape workers. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?The industry should look into technology that can eliminate some of the brute force aspect of landscape work,?EUR??,,????'?????<? McCutcheon said. Continued globalization will make the industry more competitive and will have an impact on manufacturers of outdoor power equipment (and other items) used by landscapers. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Business acumen will be tremendously more important than it is today,?EUR??,,????'?????<? McCutcheon said. PLANET?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Crystal Ball Committee Chair: Jim McCutcheon, CLP, HighGrove Partners, Austell, Ga. Co-chairs: Connie Hom, CLP, Kurt Kluznik, CCLP Association staff liaison: Kirsten Combs Stay tuned to the ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Press/Media?EUR??,,????'?????<? section on PLANET?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s web site for the latest on the Crystal Ball Committee?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 2020 report: www.landcarenetwork.org
The landscape construction and maintenance industry will continue to grow over the next decade and a half, but it will also grow more competitive, McCutcheon said. The meeting chairman gave LCN readers a summary of some key meeting points.
Spanish-speaking labor from south of the border will not dominate the industry like it does today. Depending on political developments, and the worldwide security situation, more workers may come from other regions, like Asia and Africa.
Women are a potential source of landscape workers. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?The industry should look into technology that can eliminate some of the brute force aspect of landscape work,?EUR??,,????'?????<? McCutcheon said.
Continued globalization will make the industry more competitive and will have an impact on manufacturers of outdoor power equipment (and other items) used by landscapers.
?EUR??,,????'?????<?Business acumen will be tremendously more important than it is today,?EUR??,,????'?????<? McCutcheon said.
Chair: Jim McCutcheon, CLP, HighGrove Partners, Austell, Ga. Co-chairs: Connie Hom, CLP, Kurt Kluznik, CCLP Association staff liaison: Kirsten Combs
Stay tuned to the ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Press/Media?EUR??,,????'?????<? section on PLANET?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s web site for the latest on the Crystal Ball Committee?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 2020 report: www.landcarenetwork.org
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