MINNESOTA GOLF COURSESUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

DOH This Year We Need You More Than Ever

18 Jan 2017 7:47 AM | John MacKenzie

Plan to attend the 2017 Golf Industry Day On The Hill program on March 9th.  The golf industry in Minnesota has a track record to be proud of. Besides hosting numerous national golf events including the PGA Championship, both Men’s and Women’s Opens, and the 2016 The Ryder Cup, the business of golf annually generates over 2.3 billion dollars in revenue and employs 35,000 individuals in the state. Do you want to help ensure our industry remains strong and vital in the future? Attend the 2017 Golf Industry Day on the Hill!

Only constituents have the power to open the legislative door and get the message heard.  Your vote and your voice are what matter to your legislature.  Without your support the Golf Allies are left in the hallway and cannot carry the message of, “the good story of golf”, as well as any legislation we need to have passed into law.

This day will focus on telling the good story of the golf industry including a request to support a Bill providing equitable water allocation upon golf courses in exchange for conservation and drought management efforts.

Golf Industry Day on the Hill is your chance to tell your elective officials your story about the issues you face every day. Recently, the golf industry has been involved in conversations regarding phosphorous fertilizer, a license plate initiative, and limiting unfair taxation and actually impacted law supporting our goals.  With your support of these initiatives, we have set the wheels in motion to change other requirements such as the curious PLT law and also reduce the impact of other ridiculous rules being proposed by state agencies including a potentially industry challenging plumbing rule change. 

 We need YOU to be part of the conversation!  Besides the introduction of a Bill to change water allocation rights, the DOH affords industry the opportunity to toot it’s own horn with the following messages:

  • ·      Economic impact: $2.3 billion annual economic return to the state's economy, 35,000 jobs annually, charitable gift generation is ????
  • ·      The Ryder Cup, one of the largest sporting events held.  Watched by 500 million people around the world, economic impact $140 Million in Minnesota 
  • ·      Environmental Stewardship; 21,000 acres of pollinator habitat, wildlife corridors, native plants, natural water features and wetlands
  • ·      Green, green space; carbon sequestration, oxygen generation, sound abatement, solar/glare reflection, dust collection
  • ·      The Communities' largest rain garden; storm water management, pollution abatement, groundwater recharge, erosion control

The process is very easy.  Simply register using this link and arrangements will be made for you to visit your legislatures along with a team of other golf industry supporters.  You just need to show up.  A package of information will be prepared for you to distribute along with the message that golf is good for the state of Minnesota.  The DOH Committee starts the day with a short program introducing you to what you can expect from your legislatures and how the process works.

It is super simple and super effective, but only if you show up and support the golf industry at the Day On the Hill.


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