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Web-based training arrives: a new Web hub features the "Green Industry University," an online...

By Porter, Susan L.
Publication: Landscape Management
Date: Friday, October 1 2004

Look for the debut of the Green Industry Hub next month. The GIH is an industry-focused Web site for industry professionals and employees, and is brought to you by the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) and Landscape Management.

While the site includes elements such as networking groups and regular industry-specific learning games, the focus of it is a library of training courses aimed to develop each user's business and personal and industry skills.

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