Benefits of Belonging

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Invest in your future. View the Benefits of Belonging brochure and print for companies that should join ALCC.

Interaction. Join a great network that can do wonders for you, your career, your business. Discuss your concerns, share your accomplishments, and expand your circle of business contacts through:

• Member Meetings – ALCC’s six chapters across the state organize activities that offer members a chance to learn more about landscape technology and business trends while networking with other industry professionals in a non-competitive environment.
• ProGreen Expo – Six thousand attendees a year can’t be wrong! Each year they gather at this world-class regional conference to profit from show floor displays, seminars, and certification programs.
• Leadership Opportunities – ALCC encourages members to guide the association in fulfilling its mission. Through service on a committee, board, or chapter team, you can contribute to the vitality of ALCC and the industry. You and your business will benefit, too, as you work shoulder-to-shoulder with other competent professionals, sharpen leadership skills, and gain a broader industry perspective.

Professional Development. ALCC offers outstanding opportunities to build your skills, enhance your value, and increase your profits. Expand your professional know-how through:

• CLT Testing –ALCC’s Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) program produces nationally certified employees who have passed rigorous written and hands-on tests in their specialty area. Having CLTs on your staff increases your company’s professionalism, allows you to market to a broader customer base, and helps your employees to improve their technical skills and become more versatile.
• Seminars – ALCC provides fast-paced focused business and technical seminars to help companies operate at peak efficiency. Topics include foremanship traning, bidding and estimating, strategic thinking & planning, and many more!
• Publications – Members receive quarterly issues of ALCC’s award-winning magazine, Colorado Green. Each issue delivers solid information on useful industry developments, current trends and research updates, plus business advice. The monthly ALCC News offers the latest information on association events, people and legislation impacting your operations.
• ALCC Bookstore – Check out employee training manuals focusing on installation, maintenance, and irrigation (offered in English and Spanish); the English-Spanish landscape terms dictionary, and dozens of books focusing on practical business operations.
• Mentoring Program - Do you need assistance reaching your business, professional and career development goals? This program educates both industry newcomers and members who want to take their company to the next level. Learn best practices of from pros who have "been there."

Business Resources. ALCC helps your business grow with these services:

• Referral Program – The online Find a Landscape Professional referral site helps potential customers quickly locate members working in their areas who can help with specific landscape jobs. The ALCC office also refers phone-in customers to members who can help them with their landscape needs.
• Marketing Tools – ALCC offers members promotional materials, including annual certificates, truck decals, “Why Hire an ALCC Member” cards, .and low cost brochures identifying the company’s affiliation with the state’s premier landscape association.
• Health Insurance and HealthAssist – The association has partnered with benefits providers that offer traditional health insurance programs (including a bone fide association plan and consumer-driven accounts options) and low cost health savings programs for seasonal, temporary or part-time workers.
• Specifications Handbook – The ALCC Specifications Handbook.on CD, is often referred to as the landscape contractor’s "bible." Contents include sample contracts, specifications, details, estimating information, landscape data, even the USDA zone map.
• Workers Comp – Pinnacol Assurance provides members with the lowest possible premium for workers compensation. Due to the group’s safety record, the association has consistently returned dividends to participating members.

Representation. ALCC positions members as landscape professionals in the marketplace, workforce, industry and political arenas:

• Government affairs – ALCC presents a unified voice and a strong position to legislators and regulators – making a difference for the landscape industry. ALCC keeps members informed on the latest legislative and regulatory news, and a GreenCO PAC and lobbyist help protect against costly regulations that could financially impact your business.
• Coalitions – ALCC champions collaboration among green industry organizations.
• Public Relations – ALCC undertakes initiatives to expand the public’s understanding of professionalism and to position ALCC members as landscape professionals. With these messages, ALCC boosts member visibility with potential customers and helps educate knowledgeable clients who understand the ALCC member’s commitment to quality.

Research and Scholarship. ALCC actively promotes high standards in horticultural research and scholarship by providing grants to horticulture students.

Recognition. The Excellence in Landscape Awards program improves and publicizes the professionalism of ALCC members. Award winners have received exposure in the Denver Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, in addition to Colorado Green, Sunset, American Nurseryman, Colorado Expression, and other magazines. ALCC also presents the Bob Cannon Award and the Garvey Distinguished Service Award to recognize individuals who demonstrate loyal and dedicated service to the landscape industry and to the association.

As a member, you’ll have visibility as a professional grounded in excellence and access to the industry’s premier information resource.

Benefits include:

• Free subscriptions to Colorado Green and ALCC News
• Low member rates on courses, manuals, and CLT testing
• Substantial savings on ProGreen Expo registration
• Free Green Pages directory and ALCC Specifications Handbook
• Member prices on books and seminars
• Workers comp insurance program
• Local chapter membershipLocal chapter membership
• One-on-one mentoring program
• Plus...access to bone fide association health insurance, truck fleet discounts, corporate car rental account, Internet services, employee paycards, low rate credit card processing…and much more!

Invest in your future. Join ALCC NOW!