Amy Eldridge has joined The Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association as CENTS Manager. In this role, Eldridge will develop and manage strategies to provide top-flight exhibitor and attendee experiences at ONLA’s nursery, landscape and garden center convention.
CENTS Marketplace is scheduled for January 13-15, 2014 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. CENTS is offered annually to green industry professionals to provide business knowledge about sales, operations and profitability along with continuing education through the esteemed The Ohio State University Nursery Short Course. The convention draws exhibitors and attendees including: growers, independent garden centers, landscape contractors, arborists, turf, and pest management professionals.
“I am excited to serve ONLA members and industry partners. Their professional success is my top priority,” Eldridge said. “Creating the best experience possible for every CENTS exhibitor and attendee is my goal. I want everyone affiliated with CENTS to emerge motivated, energized, and inspired.”
Eldridge will manage all aspects of CENTS, from sales of exhibit space to the development of exhibitor education materials, from efficient move-in and move-out to on-the-show-floor learning experiences. Eldridge will ensure that CENTS, the oldest, largest, and most respected nursery, landscape, and garden center trade show in the Midwest, continues to provide customized experiences to motivate green industry professionals, improve industry performance and sales, and create collaborative learning and networking opportunities.