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Phone: 770-760-1403 Recipients of the GRPA Fax: 770-760-1550 Professional of the Year Award..................................17 [email protected] District Map ...............................................................18 www.grpa.org Mike Daniel Award Winners ..............................................19 Steve Card, CPRP Hall of Fame Inductees ..............................................19 Executive Director [email protected] Agency Members Shelly Strickland Agency Members ...................................................... 20 Office Manager [email protected] General Membership An affiliate of the National Retired Members................................................................ 29 Recreation & Park Association Associate Members................................................... 30 Student Members .............................................................. 30 Professional Members ...............................................32 Board/Commission Associates ..................................... 103 This directory is published by Innovative Publishing. Innovative Index of Advertisers ....................................................... 105 Publishing specializes in creating custom publications for associations. Please direct Individual Membership Application Form ................ 106 inquiries to Aran Jackson, [email protected] or 844-423-7272. www.innovativepublishing.com Published March 2021 2021 Member Directory 3 Creating Great Places! BARK PARKS PLAYGROUNDS FREESTANDING PLAY FITNESS EQUIPMENT Park Planning & Design Greenways & Trails REPLACEMENTBARK PARKS PARTS Recreation Needs Assessments Sports Complexes SHADESPLAYGROUNDS & UMBRELLAS BENCHESFREESTANDING & TABLES PLAY WASTEFITNESS & RECYCLINGEQUIPMENT SURFACINGREPLACEMENT & TIMBERS PARTS PLANNING,SHADES & INSTALL,UMBRELLAS INSPECTIONBENCHES & & TABLES REPAIR WOOD+PARTNERS, INC. WASTE & RECYCLING Landscape Architects Bringing the Outdoors to Life Land Planners SURFACINGwww.SoutheastOutdoorsSolutions.com & TIMBERS 843-681-6618 www.woodandpartners.com PLANNING,(770) INSTALL, 704-5066 Florida Georgia South Carolina INSPECTION & REPAIR Bringing the Outdoors to Life GASH Premium Athletic Supplier supplying * Infield mixes * Specialty products * Top dressing sand * Custom blending * Root zone blends * Gravel products * Warning track materials * Mulches * Infield conditioners * Artificial turf aggregate * Mound Clay * And much more Contact Taylor Davis 678-997-7852 | 800-542-9531 [email protected] Golf Agronomics Sand & Hauling 4 Georgia Recreation and Park Association 770-446-3444 www.SpecialtyCarCo.com Sales, Rentals, Service Parts Contract pricing available for Club Car golf cars & utility vehicles! Over 40+ Years Experience! 2021 Member Directory 5 Sidewalks are the new playgrounds Let’s work together to keep sidewalks safe Sidewalk Inspection & Repair Services Www.GASafeSidewalks.com 770-722-2534 [email protected] WOULDN'T YOUR AD LOOK HERE? Advertise with us and access parks and recreation professionals who need your products and services. • More than 90% of all parks and recreation agencies in Georgia are members of GRPA. • More than half a billion dollars is spent each year in Georgia’s parks and recreation industry. 844.423.7272 | [email protected] | www.innovativepublishing.com 6 Georgia Recreation and Park Association CORPORATE MEMBERS Allstar Mounds EcoPlay Structures KorKat PlaySouth Playground Mike Morgan Dan Thrailkill Shane Lanier Creators 305 Tuftco Dr. 4452 Winfred Dr. 221 Cable Industrial Way Andy Bryant Members Corporate Dalton, GA 30721 Marietta, GA 30066 Carrollton, GA 30117 PO Box 492467 800-868-0254 470-280-7529 770-214-9322 Atlanta, GA 30349 [email protected] sherylk@ [email protected] 678-488-6572 ecoplaystructures.com [email protected] Astra Group LLC Lyman Davidson Dooley Inc. Andrew Lindsay Electro-Mech Dave McCauley Playworld Preferred 300 Churchill Ct. Scoreboard Company 1640 Powers Ferry Rd., Cathy Coutinho Woodstock, GA 30188 Jim Ledford Bldg. 1 11515 Vanstory Dr., Ste. 100 770-992-9300 72 Industrial Blvd. Marietta, GA 30067 Huntersville, NC 28078 [email protected] Wrightsville, GA 31096 770-850-8494 800-459-7241 478-864-3366 [email protected] cathy@ Atlanta Hawks [email protected] playworldpreferred.com Jon Babul MUSCO 101 Marietta St., Ste. 1100 Gametime/Dominica Rob Staples Playworx Playsets Atlanta, GA 30303 Recreation Products PO Box 808 Dave Howard 404-878-3731 Rob Wilson Oskaloosa, IA 52577 8014 Cumming Hwy. [email protected] PO Box 520700 800-825-6030 Canton, GA 30115 Longwood, FL 32752 [email protected] 678-402-5211 Barge Design Solutions Inc. 407-331-2740 [email protected] Steve Provost [email protected] National Alliance for 2839 Paces Ferry Rd. SE, Youth Sports Rain Bird Ste. 850 Gold Medal Products Kate Nematollahi Donn Mann Atlanta, GA 30339 Daly McAfee 2050 Vista Pkwy. 1080 Peachtree St. NE, 770-628-7635 8145 Troon Cir. West Palm Beach, FL 33411 #1903 steve.provost@ Austell, GA 30168 800-688-5437 Atlanta, GA 30309 bargedesign.com 770-434-7704 [email protected] 520-904-1146 gmgeorgia@ [email protected] Code Wiz gmpopcorn.com NCSI/SSCI National Brenda Austin Background Checks Recreation Group 9 Cornerstone Sq. Great Southern Lauren Sloan Andy Erler Westford, MA 01886 Recreation 1853 Piedmont Rd. 205 Boring Dr. 978-496-1053 Abby Vance Marietta, GA 30066 Dalton, GA 30721 brenda.austin@ 2441-Q Old Fort Pkwy., 866-996-7421 678-878-8649 thecodewiz.com #462 [email protected] andy.erler@ Murfreesboro, TN 37128 mulchoutfitters.com CPL 800-390-8438 Outdoor Construction Bryon McCarley [email protected] Company Restoration Apparel 3011 Sutton Gate Dr., Larry Miller Rich Earnshaw Ste. 130 Hasley Recreation 261 Harmony Grove Ln. 4611 E. 11th St. Suwanee, GA 30024 Allison Hasley Jefferson, GA 30549 Kansas City, MO 64127 678-318-1244 PO Box 489 770-995-8430 913-707-6005 [email protected] Flowery Branch, GA 30542 [email protected] rich@sublimatedwhole 770-965-4042 salesportswear.com CROY [email protected] Place Services Inc. Eddie Wade Phillip Hayes Specialty Car Company 200 Cobb Pkwy. N. Innovative Fitness 201 Gateway Dr. Liz Riddle Marietta, GA 30062 Melissa Conti Canton, GA 30179 1545 Mountain 770-971-5407 1000 Cobb International Dr., 678-822-8818 Industrial Blvd. ewade@ Ste. A1 phayes@ Stone Mountain, GA 30083 croyengineering.com Kennesaw, GA 30152 placeservicesinc.com 770-446-3444 770-218-9390 [email protected] [email protected] 2021 Member Directory 7 CORPORATE MEMBERS The Collaborative Wood + Partners Inc. Mike Morgan Shawn Kalbli 1372 Peachtree St. NW PO Box 23949 Atlanta, GA 30309 Hilton Head Island, SC 29925 374-784-8478 843-681-6618 mmorgan@ skalbli@ thecollaborative.com woodandpartners.com Top Shelf Food and Beverage Management Tony Black 911 N. Tennessee St., Ste. 206 Cartersville, GA 30120 423-255-6353 tony@topshelf concessions.com Turfplaner of Georgia Clarence Mayes 201 Fairburn Industrial Blvd. Fairburn, GA 30213 404-374-3012 [email protected] Turfwell Athletic Fields Sean Garrison PO Box 814 Acworth, GA 30102 770-480-4706 [email protected] Water Technology Inc. Judy Halverson 100 Park Ave. Beaver Dam, WI 53916 920-887-7375 [email protected] 8 Georgia Recreation and Park Association GEORGIA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS President Greg White Decatur 404-377-0494 President-Elect Holli Browder, CPRP, AFO, CPO Columbus 706-225-4658 Vice President TJ Imberger, APRP, CPSI Spalding Co. 770-467-4750 Secretary/Treasurer Kim Watt, CPRP Acworth 770-917-1234 Past President Craig Potter, CPRP Albany 229-430-5222 TRUSTEES 2021 Rob Staples (Citizen 2021) Musco 800-756-1205 2022 Darryl Hopkins, CYSA Statesboro 912-489-9064 GRPA Information GRPA DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS First Ken Warner, CPRP (2021) Augusta 706-821-2801 Second Dr. Samose Mays, CYSA, CPRP (2021) South Bryan 912-756-4075 Third Becky Glisson, CPRP, CPO (2021) Columbus 706-225-4643 Fourth Troy Stubbs, AFO, CPO (2021) Clayton Co. 770-603-4000 Fifth Jeff Shinall, CPRP, CYSA (2021) Bartow Co. 770-383-7390 Sixth Crystal Dawson, CTRS, CPO (2022) Doraville 470-521-4640 Seventh Karen Owens, CPRP (2021) Atlanta 470-618-8278 NETWORK CHAIRS Admin./L’ship Craig Sowell, AFO, CPRP (2021) Retired 229-386-9673 Athletics/Aquatics Carla Sordoni, AFO, CYSA (2021) Cumming 770-781-1781 Parks Maint./Oper. Jordan Wood, CYSA (2022) Cherokee Co. 678-231-0016 Rec. Programming Sara Holmes, AFO, CPO, CPRP (2022) Decatur 404-377-0494 Georgia Recreation