Another small step for ANLA/PLANET merger, July 21, 2005, Landscape Management

Kurt Kluznik, reporting to more than 100 PLANET committee members at their Summer Leadership Meeting on July 17, compared the progress of the negotiations as "just sort of dating." Bob Dolibois, executive director of ANLA, took the analogy a step further the next morning when he described the merger talks as at the "pre-nup" stage.

BREAKTHROUGH SERIES – “What It Takes to Win,” November 2004, Lawn & Landscape

Getting into the lawn and landscape business can be as simple buying a mower and printing business cards. Staying in business is not so simple.

ALCA-PLCAA merger underway, July 1, 2004, Landscape Management

On July 1, the Associated Landscape Contractors of America and the Professional Lawn Care Association of America announced their intention to consolidate into a new Green Industry association on January 1. 2005. ALCA's Kurt Kluznik and PLCAA's Jim Campanella explain the issues behind the merger proposal.

Yardmaster's Kurt Kluznik steps up to ALCA president's job, February 4, 2004, LM Week in Review

Yardmaster's founder pledges to continue ALCA's mission of improving the industry's professionalism and image.

Dodging Design Disasters, November, 2001, Lawn & Landscape

A landscape is more than just a pretty place.

A well-designed environment links a home or office to its surroundings physically and visually so interiors that open onto terraces feel expansive, while gardens that fold into living quarters impart intimacy.