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PGMS News PGMS
Salutes Grounds Management Excellence
This awards program brings national recognition to grounds maintained with a high degree of excellence. The program complements other national landscape award programs that recognize outstanding landscape design and construction.
This year's program acknowledged the nation's top grounds in settings ranging from shopping
areas to apartment complexes to universities. Overall, PGMS presented
five Grand Awards, its highest honor, as well as 11 Honor Awards
in eight categories of competition. Seven of the total award winners
were in the School or University Grounds Category. University of
Arkansas - Fort Smith was at the head of this class taking home
a Grand Award. They were joined by the following Honor Award winners
in this category: Multnomah Bible College & Biblical Seminary;
Texas Tech University; University of Pittsburgh; University of Texas
at Austin; Western Michigan University; and Western Oregon University. PGMS
presented two Grand Awards in the Condominium, Apartment Complex,
or Planned Community Category. The first was given to the Dorchester
Towers Roof Garden in Arlington, Va. The second Honor Award in this
competition was bestowed upon Post Ridge Apartment Homes in Atlanta,
Ga. Winner
of the PGMS Grand Award in the Industrial or Office Park competition
was Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Ill. The remaining Grand
Award recipient was Longaberger Homestead® of Newark, Ohio in
the Shopping Area Category. PGMS
also presented two Honor Awards in its Park, Recreation Area or
Athletic Field competition. Located in Normal, Ill., the Illinois
State University Redbird Baseball Field was honored in this category,
as was Lubbers Stadium at Grand Valley State University in Allendale,
Mich. The
University of Virginia Health System of Charlottesville, Va. was
recognized with an Honor Award in the Hospital or Institution Category.
Located
in Orrville, Ohio, the Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company grounds
received recognition with an Honor Award in the Small Site Category.
Also saluted with an Honor Award was Renaissance Pine Isle Resort
of Sugar Hill, Ga. in the Hotel, Motel or Resort Category. Founded
in 1911, PGMS is an individual membership society of grounds professionals
advancing the grounds management profession through education and
professional development. For further information on PGMS, contact
the Society at 720 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230, phone: 800-609-PGMS,
e-mail: pgms@assnhqtrs.com, or visit them online at www.PGMS.org. ###
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The
Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) has recognized 16
grounds management programs for excellence in the Society's 2003
Green Star Awards Competition. The 31st Annual Awards were presented
in St. Louis, Mo., during PGMS' Professional Grounds Management
School held in conjunction with the Green Industry Exposition.
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