Thriving in Any Economy



The Landscape Ontario Task Force on the Economy presents a day-long seminar focused on the helping your nursery thrive in a volatile economy.



Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 11:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. (lunch will be served from 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
Copetown Community Centre, 1950 Highway 99 E., Copetown, Ont.
Nearest intersection is Hwy. 99 at Copetown
Office phone: 905-628-9089


Follow this link for a map.



Registration Fee: $75 includes lunch



Please click here for online registration.


Making a Profit?

Presented by George Koziarz

This session will focus on optimal accounting practices necessary to understand the profitability of your business. It will highlight the financial tools and strategies that will assist you in making the right operational decisions.



Understanding Your Banker

Presented by George Koziarz

This session will help you understand “the other side.” Learn how to present your business in a way that will promote your perspective to your banker. This session will discuss various types of debt financing and the tools that bankers use to make lending decisions. The presentations will help you in make a positive impression with the bank.



Panel Discussion:
Strategies Necessary to Survive in a Down Economy

Tom Intven, Canadale Nurseries

(Chair of Landscape Ontario’s Taskforce on the Economy)

Jeff Olsen, BTN Nurseries

John Bakker III, Bakker Nurseries

Bill Mori, Mori Nurseries

Rick Friesen, Sheridan Nurseries.



George Koziarz

George Koziarz and Associates Inc., Goodyear, Arizona
George has had extensive experience in the nursery business and provides consulting services to many green industry companies in the U.S. and Canada. He has had a diverse career as chief financial officer and president of a landscape/ nursery and retail operation and financial service director of the Alexis Group. Today his firm is focused on providing consulting advice in the area of financial planning that includes budgeting, pricing strategies, compensation planning, acquisition and merger work, as well as estate planning and appraisal work.



George holds a Master of Science degree in management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in the Executive Masters Program at Northwestern University.


For further information, please contact Kathleen Pugliese @ 1-800-265-5656 ext 309 or kpugliese@landscapeontario.com.


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