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Upcoming Events
Annual Landscape Achievement Awards Presentation Banquet
Saturday, June 17th 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Please join us for the CLCA SFBA Chapter Landscape Achievement Awards Presentation Banquet & at Michael's at Shoreline in Mountain View and celebrate the 2023 award winners for outstanding landscapes and superior workmanship in landscape maintenance and construction.
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Auxiliary Report
Welcome to the month of May! Happy May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. And happy birthday to those having a birthday in May.
Thank you to Andrew Tuckman, Juan Carlos Esparza and Charlene Ott for organizing the Auxiliary raffle at the dinner meeting on April 20 at Peninsula Building Materials. We raised $50 for LEAF. Thank you to Gina Stanley of CLCA Insurance Solutions for providing the raffle basket and congratulations to prospective new member John Martinez of A.A. Environmental Horticulture and Design on winning the raffle. I hope you enjoyed your experience at our event and hope to see you as a regular member soon.
Our second Auxiliary meeting of 2023 will be Thursday, May 18 at the home of Vicky Parrott in San Mateo. The meeting starts promptly at 11:30 a.m. with lunch to follow provided by the Auxiliary. A Paperless Post invitation has gone out. Please RSVP through the Paperless Post invitation and plan to bring a small plate of your most favorite finger food dessert to share. We have a lot of great bakers in the Auxiliary so there will be lots to sample. If you have any questions, you can message me privately within Paperless Post or my contact information is below. We welcome all who are interested in joining the Auxiliary. You can learn more about what we do and how you can participate with the Auxiliary and help make a difference in the future of CLCA and the green industry. We do wonderful things and have a great time in the process.
Enjoy the month of May. We are quickly approaching the half-way point of the year. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Awards Banquet on June 17.
Lesley Peters
Garden Designer
650-444-4580
gpland@sbcglobal.net
CLCA SFBA Dinner April 20, 2023
Lots of Food (provided by BBSI) Great dialogue between Speakers & everyone in attendance!
All three businessmen spoke from Experience.
Questions from Contractors were well thought out & responses from speakers were laser focused & applicable
If you missed this outstanding event, notes will be available if requested.
Three things we all NEED to START our Business AND STAY in Business.
Capital, Employees and Blueprints for Success
Work smart to manage our Capital Resources and have a Financial Partner to provide advice Clinton Pickering with Heritage Bank addressed these issues Very Clearly.
- Big Banks vs Community Banks
- Do you have a Line of Credit?
- Cash Flow management
How do we Keep good Employees, attract additional team members and establish a Roadmap for Growth?
Jeffrey Aviles & Sherif Tadros with BBSI San Jose & BBSI San Mateo shared their HANDS ON approach.
- Safety & Compliance
- Human Capital Management
- Blueprint for Success
Speakers’ Contact Info:
Jeffrey B. Aviles
Business Development Manager
BBSI San Jose Office
699.900.5098 O
415.713.5960 C
jeffrey.aviles@BBSI.com
Sherif Tadros
Area Manager-San Francisco & Silicon Valley
BBSI San Mateo Office
650.653.3077 O
650.559.6060 C
sherif.tadros@BBSI.com
Clinton Pickering, CPA
Vice President
Heritage Bank
408.792.4028 O
925.984.3819 C
Clinton.pickering@herbank.com
Partner Spotlight
April 2023 Partners Spotlight:
SiteOne Landscape Supply
This month’s Partners Spotlight focuses on Andrew Tuckman of SiteOne Landscape Supply who joined the company in the summer of 2021. Andrew is no stranger to the CLCA community having served on the Central Coast Chapter board in Santa Cruz for ten years while working at his former company Vision Recycling. Now, Andrew can be found running around the San Francisco Bay as a Key Account Manager servicing residential accounts with his passion for helping contractors grow their business. Andrew is the current Vice President of Membership for the SFBA Chapter in charge of the Achievement Awards, all chapter events, online communications, and newsletter content.
SiteOne Landscape Supply is a full service, national, wholesale company servicing the green industry with multiple branches around the Bay Area. SiteOne’s philosophy besides being a landscape supply store focuses on being a great place to work, delivering superior quality service & value to customers and being a mindful neighbor in the community.
According to Andrew when asked about his tenure with the association:
“I have had a great run from 2009 until today. Being a part of this community has been a blessing and a joy. The industry must continue to stay relevant and a clear path towards this goal is putting on local events, educating members and most of all supporting the C27 license any way possible. The industry will thrive as a result, and it becomes a win-win for all involved.”
In 2023 SiteOne Landscape Supply is positioning itself to stay proactive & diverse focusing on all lines of business including irrigation, hardscape, lighting, synthetic turf, battery powered equipment, hi-end landscape audio systems, bulk supply including aggregate, ground cover and soils.
Outside of the industry, Andrew can still be found performing with his band Bordinghouse Trio alongside Ben Bording from Cool Earth Gardens in Santa Cruz. And, with his new girlfriend who he has known since the 5th grade and has reunited recently after all these years.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Tuckman
C: 707-299-8343
Email: atuckman@siteone.com
www.siteone.com
Diamond Partners
Gold Partners
Emerald Partners
Sapphire Partners
2023 Board of Directors
President – Juan Carlos
Vice President – Andrew Tuckman
Treasurer – Beth Valdez
Secretary – Open Position
Associate Liaison – Marin Villalpando
Aux President – Lesley Peters
Aux Vice President – Girvin Peters
Aux Treasurer – Rick Camin
Aux Secretary – Vicky Parrott
Membership – Andrew Tuckman