Earth Day 2020: Pandemic Prevention & The Environment
This year's Earth Day is a strange one. As the world deals with the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been bright spots...
Updated April 24: Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association Files Suit Against State’s Stay-In-Place Order
Update: On April 24, Michigan's Gov. Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-59 (COVID-19), which allows for lawn care and landscapers to get back to work...
Getting An SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)
Update
On Thursday, April 16, 2020, the SBA announced a lapse in appropriations for the EIDL program related to COVID-19. From its website: "SBA is...
Will Federal Aid Be Enough To Save Your Small Business?
Update
On April 16, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it had exhausted allotted funds for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). SBA,...
PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Loans For Small Businesses Affected By Pandemic
Last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, a $349 billion emergency loan program created as...
Do New Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Apply To You or Your Employees?
Think you or your employees don’t qualify for unemployment during the pandemic? You might want to think again. Congress has greatly expanded its eligibility...
Understanding New COVID-19 Federal Sick Leave Policies
Do you have an employee (or several) unable to work right now due to a COVID-19 related reason? Then you need to know important...
Can Ponds Help Fight Climate Change?
We've all heard about planting trees to combat climate change. But Mike Jeffries, an associate professor of ecology at Northumbria University in Newcastle, U.K.,...
Landscaping Now “Essential” In Revised National Guidelines
In what the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) deemed a “huge win for our industry,” it announced “landscapers” have now been added to...
COVID-19 Safety Procedures For Landscapers
For lawn care and landscaping companies still operating during the coronavirus crisis, following comprehensive safety guidelines is crucial. Below are some COVID-19 safety recommendations...