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The latest ALCC news, including Colorado Green NOW articles, legislative updates, and programming announcements. 

Arvada West hort program is taking off Email
Written by Becky Garber-Godi   
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 02:00 AM

Rachel Miller, Arvada West“Every day kids come into class excited to see how their seeds are growing!” says Arvada West (A-West) High School teacher Rachel Miller. She was recruited to launch the first Ag-Ed program at the school, under which ALCC Landscape Career Pathways resides. This is her third year at A-West as the Ag-Ed teacher, but only the first year there’s been space in her classroom to grow plants. Her classroom the previous two years was the computer lab. 

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Video: how to properly prune fernbush Email
Written by Ross Shrigley, Plant Select   
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 01:00 AM

YouTube video by Ross Shrigley

Plant Select® Executive Director Ross Shrigley presents a brief tutorial for trimming fernbush (Chameabatiaria millefolium) in the landscape. 

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Additional H-2B visas to be released to returning H-2B workers only Email
Written by Cherie Courtade   
Tuesday, May 07, 2019 05:00 AM

H-2B visa programThis week, the US Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule regarding the release of an additional 30,000 H-2B visas. The rule was posted to the Federal Register on May 8, 2019.

According to an announcement by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan, “These supplemental H-2B visas are available only to returning workers who received an H-2B visa, or were otherwise granted H-2B status, during one of the last three fiscal years (FY 2016, 2017, or 2018), and availability is restricted by prioritizing only those businesses who would suffer irreparable harm without the additional workers.”

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Sustainable Landscape Management certificate coming to Colorado Email
Written by ALCC   
Tuesday, May 07, 2019 04:00 AM

Earlier this year, Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado (ALCC) announced their new Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) initiative. It provides sustainable landscape management standards that protect and conserve water and reduce waste generation while maintaining the health of urban landscapes that consist of durable and mature plant material.

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Three Colorado greenhouses make the Top 100 Email
Written by Cherie Courtade   
Tuesday, May 07, 2019 03:00 AM

GreenhouseThree Colorado companies were named in Greenhouse Grower’s Top 100 Growers for 2019. The list comes from the 2019 growers survey, in which greenhouse businesses share information about their production and identify trends in the industry.

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