Events Calendar

November 14, Tuesday
Central Coast Chapter Annual Planning Meeting/Board Meeting

Time: 9 am - noon
Location: Graniterock headquarters, 350 Technology Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076

Everyone is welcome. Come and let’s make a plan for 2024.

Contact Phil Dundas ‭(831) 750-0447 or phil@thelandscapecompany.com or Regan Barry ‭(831) 212-0344 ‬or rbarry@coastalevergreen.com

December 8, Friday
Mid-December Member Appreciation & Holiday Party
Short Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting Before the Party

Time: 6 pm - 9 pm
Location: Back Nine Grill & Bar,555 Hwy 17 (Pasatiempo Inn), Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Everyone is welcome. Holiday party is always a blast, good company, food, drinks and the white elephant gift exchange. Not to be missed!
Please RSVP, here’s your link.

Contact Scott Long ‭(831) 462-3726‬ or slong@centralcoastlandscape.com

January 11, Thursday
New Year’s Mixer & Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting

Happy New Year Everyone !!!
TIME:  Board meeting  4:30 - 5:15 p.m.   Mixer from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Abbott Square Market / food court  725 Front St. Santa Cruz
Regan Barry ‭(831) 212-0344 ‬or rbarry@coastalevergreen.com

November/December 2023 Central Coast President’s Message

by Phil Dundas, Chapter President, The Landscape Company

Hello Landscape Community,

Fall is finally here. It’s officially “wear a sweater in the morning and regret it in the afternoon” weather.

We’re having our annual planning meeting on Tuesday, November 14th from 9 am to noon. The location will be at Graniterock headquarters, 350 Technology Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076. Everyone is welcome. Come and let’s make a plan for 2024.

Board nominations and positions are open and available so please reach out if you are interested in participating on our chapter’s board of directors.

Call for Nominees for central coast CLCA Board 2024.

Make sure to consider getting involved with your local chapter this year. Central Coast Chapter is a great vibrant group, full of networking possibilities for you and your company. We’re always looking for new faces and ideas, want to be on our board? Please nominate yourself for a position. Our elections are coming happening now. If you are interested in any of the positions please contact me. We encourage you to come to one of our monthly board meetings and get involved with the Central Coast Chapter.

Central Coast Board Positions:
President (open)
Membership Director (Terri Baker)
Secretary (Julie Zuckerman)
Director of Events (Scott Long)
Director of Education/Treasurer (open)
Associate Member Director (open)
Legislation Director (open)

We also would love to see you at our Annual Holiday Party—Thursday December 8th, 6 to 10 pm.
Location: Back Nine Grill & Bar, 555 Hwy 17 (Pasatiempo Inn), Santa Cruz. This is a great chance to mingle with your fellow earth minders and celebrate the holiday spirit. Hope to see you there. Please encourage others to join us. The more the merrier.

Pumpkin Spice with Everything,
Phil

Phil Dundas, President, The Landscape Company
phil@thelandscapecompany.com

C: ‭(831) 750-0447‬ │  O: ‭(831) 476-7070‬

Central Coast Chapter Board of Directors Upcoming Election

Our CLCA Central Coast Chapter board elections are held each November and are advertised in our chapter newsletter. Newly elected officers of our chapter will be announced at our annual Holiday Party in December.

By joining our team of leaders managing the Central Coast Chapter you will be helping us bring awareness to the work we do in our community and as C- 27 professional Landscape Contractors.

2023 Board of Directors

President: Phil Dundas—The Landscape Company
Membership Director: Terri Baker—Graniterock
Secretary: Julia Zuckerman—Delta Bluegrass
Director of Events: Scott Long—Central Coast Landscape
Director of Education/Treasurer: Shane White—K&D Landscaping
Associate Member Director: Bill Bruce—B&B Small Engine Repair
Legislation Director: Regan Barry—Coastal Evergreen

If you are interested in any of the positions, or would like to serve on our board as a committee chair, or volunteer to help in any capacity please contact Phil Dundas, our current president at: phil@thelandscapecompany.com.

Central Coast Chapter Partners for Success Program

It’s that time of year to renew your partnership. Central Coast’s Partners for Success Program provides an opportunity to increase your visibility in the community, to be seen as a leader in the green industry by helping sustain the many educational and enrichment offerings of our association.

For more information, contact Phil Dundas phil@thelandscapecompany.com

register NOW for 2024!—link is coming by December 1, 2023

WE love our partners

PaRTNER’S CORNER

Julia Zuckerman of Delta Bluegrass Company

CLCA Central Coast Chapter secretary

Read more about Julia and her family story, and their long history on the Central Coast. Julie has some very notable hobbies...read more! www.clca-cc.org/partners

The Partner’s Corner! What a great benefit. Here’s an easy way to let people in your industry know what you’re up to, what’s new, and why you’re the success that you are. We want to see pictures of you, your family, your company’s staff, we want to know what you do in your spare time and what makes you unique. We’re interested. Please contact Elise Huffman, the Central Coast editor, if you are interested in being featured on our website in a future “Partner’s Corner.” Partner’s don’t miss this chance for some FREE advertising.

Advertise in the Central Coast Seascape Newsletter!

It’s always a great time to Advertise in this newsletter! Reach your target audience monthly. Sign up for large, medium, or small ads. For specs and pricing contact: clcaccc.editor@gmail.com. OR sign up online next week, we’re setting up the pages online. Sign up info for 2024 coming soon!

recent Project update

Habitat for Humanity

We got a recent update on the Habitat for Humanity community work that Central Coast members took part in. Keaton, of Habitat for Humanity, wanted to make sure that Davy Tree’s efforts were noted. Above are two images of the common area where the Eucalyptus trees were removed from the back of the propery. Thank you Davy Tree and Jeremy Nama. Keaton said that was a huge help.

The Landscape Company secured the the majority of the plants needed to complete the project. Haydi Danielson at Boething Treeland Farms donated those plants. Good community service efforts. Thank you all.

Time to enjoy the end of the year with your friends

Central Coast’s 2023 Holiday Party

Friday, DECEMBER 8, 2023
Back Nine Grill & Bar at Pasatiempo Inn, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

This is it folks, a big party to say “Goodbye 2023!” and “Hello 2024!” You’re invited. Friends, colleagues, partners and all are welcome. Especially those who love the CLCA or want to learn why they might love the CLCA. Our new board of directors will be sworn in and applauded.

We start at 6:00 p.m. and have conversation and beverages. Dinner will be served and includes hors d’oeuvres, and a carving station. The buffet will include salad, vegetables, mashed potatoes, and either medium rare-prime rib au juice and homemade cream horseradish sauce or roasted turkey with a sage garlic gravy and cranberry relish, and rolls, and assorted holiday desserts. Yum!

Come enjoy dinner with your friends, sip a beverage, and participate in the White Elephant Gift Exchange. FUN! Who has that bowling ball? Will the dog cookie jar surface? Who wants that 49ers poster? Lottery tickets? What other treasures await those who do the gift exchange? Spend no more than $10 and have a priceless experience.

We are holding the festivities at The Back Nine Grill & Bar, Pasatiempo Inn, Santa Cruz. Remember that you have two comps to this event if you are a Partner at the Oak and Redwood levels, one comp for Maple Partners.

We hope to see you there and you hope to see us there. It’s a win-win situation. And it’s the holidays, they’re almost here!

Please register soon. It really helps us plan. Here’s your link to register…

CLCA Annual Conference

CLCA State—2023 Convention in Monterey

This past week your California Landscape Contractors Association held our 2023 Annual Convention in Monterey California. It was a great success…again. I am proud to say our Central Coast Chapter was well represented by our current president Phil Dundas from the Landscape Company, our associate member director Terri Baker from Granite Rock, Julia Zuckerberg our sectretary from Delta Bluegrass, Shane White our educational director, from K&D landscaping. There were a whole host of K&D employees for the Beatification Awards Evening including Justin and Kendal White. Congratulations to K&D for their winning entries!!!

Additional attendees were past presidents Jerry Allison and John David and yours truly Regan Barry from Coastal Evergreen. We are just a sample of what other CLCA Chapters around the State are doing, showing up and supporting the efforts of our association to promote the professionalism in our industry, and awareness in the general public. 

Our annual convention is the ultimate experience, exemplifying why the CLCA continues to be the standard and foundation for fellowship and purpose, promoting success in the landscape industry. I am proud to be a member of our association and a member of our local chapter. If you haven’t already gotten involved please contact a board member to ask how to be part of this dynamic organization.

—Regan Barry