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Landscape Contractor / Design • Build • Maintain (LC/DBM) (ISSN 2150-9093), is published monthly by Landscape Communications, Inc. 14771 Plaza Drive, Suite A, Tustin, California, 92780 Phone: 714-979-5276; Fax: 714-434-3862. Online version (ISSN 2150-9170). Copyright 2016 by Landscape Communications, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. All righ ts reserved. Contents may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. Periodicals postage paid at Tustin, CA and additional mailing offices. Subscription Inquiries: Send new or renewal notices or change of address (send both new and old addresses) to Landscape Contractor / Design • Build • Maintain, P.O. Box 1126, Tustin, CA 92781-1126. Subscriptions: Licensed Landscape Contractors free of charge. Others: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii & Canada, 12 issues, $34.95, 24 issues, $55.00, Mexico: 12 issues, $65.00 per year. Additional copies may be purchased by contacting LC/DBM at circulation@landscapeonline.com or 714-979-5276 ext. 115. Postmaster: Please send address changes to Landscape Contractor / Design • Build • Maintain, P.O. Box 1126, Tustin, CA 92781-1126. Project EverGreen, a national non-profit pro- moting the value of preserving and revitalizing managed green spaces, brought its "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids."™ Initiative to Court Square Park in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, on April 23. Project EverGreen worked in partnership with the Belle Plaine park board and city council, Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce and, Belle Plaine High School's FFA. The organization and indus- try volunteers provided the materials and labor to repurpose and renovate 150,000 sq. ft. of existing turf in the park into a useable, safe six-hole, disk golf course. The new course capitalized on the growing popularity of the sport which uses a Frisbee in- stead of a golf ball and challenges players of all ages to hit targets – either a basket or object target – to complete a hole. The transformed green space renovations are valued at more than $4,000. These improvements provided a new, more inclusive outdoor recre- ation option and helped foster a greater sense of community for the town's 6,000 plus residents. The initiative included weed control and fer- tilization; aeration of the playing surface; in- stallation of new plant material including red osier dogwoods and burning bushes; and gen- eral clean-up of the green spaces at each of the facilities. Minnesota green industry volunteers support- ing the Court Square Park project included Gen- esis Coop, Town & Country Hardware, Turfco, and Gardner & Gardner Communications. Project EverGreen's "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids." is a nationwide initiative to renovate and revitalize parks and athletic fields to ensure chil- dren have access to safe managed green spaces on which to play and exercise. Yards, parks and ath- letic fields not only promote a healthier lifestyle but benefit the environment, and contribute to economic growth and community development. For more information on how you can start a revitalization project in your community, visit www.ProjectEverGreen.org. If you have a project where landscape services were donated pro bono, you can submit your Off the Clock proposal to: stewardship@landscapeonline.com or call Alli Rael at (714) 979-5276 x132. Story Ideas? DBM LC Above, Left: In Belle Plain, Minnesota, a Project EverGreen "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids." endeavor transformed Court Square Park into a disk golf course. Volunteers included local children and green industry representatives Turfco, Genesis Growing Solutions and Town & Country Hardware. Above, Right: The project scope included soil aeration, weed control and fertilizer application. Volunteers installed hole baskets, tee signage and related course materials at the park's six-hole disk golf course. Project EverGreen Creates Disk Golf Course for Minnesota Park 70 LC DBM Off the Clock