In June of 2024, I received an email from a gentleman who said he had heard about my company from our local county workforce center. He was interested in a new career as an arborist and wanted to know if [...]

August Hoppe The TCIA mission is “Advancing tree care businesses.” As I wrap up my time on the TCIA Board of Directors, it’s time to reflect a little on some of our accomplishments toward that end as an [...]

Most risk-management articles written for the tree care industry center around avoiding, minimizing or reducing risk within your tree care company. In simple terms, we usually look at risk as a bad thing for your business. However, I feel the [...]

As many of you know, we recently returned from another successful Legislative Day on Capitol Hill. TCIA member-company leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., in September, not just to shake hands but to educate policymakers about the key issues that impact [...]

Working in one of the lesser-known professions, I would guess most of us have been approached with the question, “How did you get into the tree business?” I love these conversations. Not only do they allow us to spread the [...]