I N D U S T R Y
IN MEMORIAM
N E W S
TCIA is on the move
As of May 10, TCIA’s new address is 670 N.
Commercial Street, Suite 201, Manchester, NH
03010. They report that the new building will
allow them to better serve their members and
play a greater role within their community.
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Raymond W. “Ray” Heimlich
Ray Heimlich, President of Heimlich Landscaping and
Construction Corporation and longtime industry veteran,
passed away unexpectedly on April 6, 2019. He was 76
years old.
Ray grew up in Woburn and was a 1960 graduate of
Woburn High School. His father purchased a large piece of
property in Woburn in the 1930s and ran Heimlich Nurs-
ery. It was a family business, so growing up, Ray and his
brothers worked at the Nursery. In 1985, Ray and his wife,
Linda, founded Heimlich Landscaping and Construction
Corporation providing residential and commercial land-
scape services all over Eastern Massachusetts. Ray was “old
school” when it came to running his business. He was a
man of his word, a handshake was as good as a contract,
and treated his customers as if they were lifelong friends.
Together with his sons Todd and Mark, his business grew to
take on larger projects, building synthetic fields, tracks, and
stadiums all over New England. He even went as far as to
build an airfield in Rhode Island. He also expanded his
business as a partner in Landscapes, Inc. with his son Scott
in Belmont, NH. Passing on his knowledge and working
with his sons was one of his proudest achievements.
The MAA extends its deepest condolences to the Heimlich
family.
Memorial donations in Ray’s name may be made to:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
501 St Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105
or www.stjude.org.
The Southeast Tree Wardens have voted to dissolve their
organization and turn over the remaining funds to the MTWFA
per their association bylaws. The decision to dissolve was made
due to declining attendance at meetings and a lack of member
involvement in volunteer leadership positions. The hope is that
the MTWFA will continue the tradition of the annual field day
on the third Thursday in September. For 55 years, this event
raised significant funds for student scholarships.
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New Associate Degree program announced!
A new one-year job-ready/two-year associate degree program in
arboriculture is being rolled out at Southern Maine Community
College in September 2019, reports Tom Hoerth, adjunct
instructor of the school’s current horticulture program. He says
the needs for an arboricultural degree became apparent after the
school was approached by local managers from Asplundh,
Lucas, Bartlett and Davey Tree, all looking at boosting workforce
development in the region. “The new program is being housed
at our mid-coast campus in Brunswick, Maine,” Hoerth says,
“on the now-decommissioned naval air base. The college will
be on 20 acres, but we’ll have access to all 3200 acres of the
facility with the understanding that we’ll do all the tree care
on the land.” (Reported by TCI magazine – May 2019)
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Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit
The University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program
(UMassSafe), with support from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, will be hosting the Commercial Vehicle Safety
Summit: Best Practices for Industry & Lawn Enforcement
Partnerships, November 19 – 20, 2019 in Northampton, MA.
The Summit will feature demonstrations of innovative program-
ming and technologies for reducing roadway crashes, while also
providing a venue for the exchange of ideas and resources
between safety stakeholders and industry, including opportuni-
ties for networking, all toward the goal of increasing commercial
vehicle safety.
For more information, and to register, visit
summit.umasssafe.org
MAA NEWS / December 2018 17