How Sweet It Is! Piqua High School Complete!

Ed Purk Field at Alexander Stadium has never looked so good!! 
The Piqua High School Varsity Football team is 3 and 2 so far this season and loving every minute played on their brand new 24/7 synthetic turf field built by The Motz Group.  
The Indians are looking forward to finishing up their football season on their new turf against  Trotwood-Madison on 10/1, Troy on 10/8 and Fairborn on 10/29.

Click Here to see pictures of construction and completed field.


For more information contact:
Zach Burns, Director Sales and Marketing
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

Post Season Play on Motz's HPG / TSII Turf

If you are a Reds fan, it's time to get excited! For the first time since 1995 The Cincinnati Reds have won the National League Central and are headed to post season play!

With Jay Bruce's bottom of the ninth walk-off home run, the Reds clinched the division title in  dramatic fashion with their win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night! 

This will be the first time the Reds will play a post season schedule in Great American Ball Park which means it's the first time the they'll compete for the title on the field installed by The Motz Group. The Great American Ball Park has an HPG System surfaced with TSII and also an Envirofill amended warning track.  

More about the Reds' Turf Systems
taken from our website at http://www.themotzgroup.com/

High Performance Gravity® Natural Turf System

The HPG® Natural Turf System is our customized field solution designed specifically to meet your site-specific needs and may vary by sport and project. Each field is specifically engineered to fit your performance standards, projected usage patterns, local environmental conditions and budget.

The Motz Group manages the entire project, from concept and design through construction. We create a detailed project plan and specifications to fit your site requirements. At, Motz we stress open communication throughout the process to keep plans on-time and on-budget. Our value-engineered redesigns have helped field owners save hundreds of thousands of dollars while maximizing optimal field performance.

HPG® Advantages
■Meets your project-specific objectives and requirements
■Custom designed and engineered to fit your budget and site conditions
■Maximizes owner/contractor interaction to deliver on-target project results

Synthetic Stabilized Turf® Natural Turf SystemThe Motz Group’s TS-II® product is a patented combination of natural grass growing in a unique stabilizing mat. The combination produces a system that delivers the manageability, playability and flexibility demanded by today’s world-class venues.

TSII® Advantages
■Dramatically increased wear tolerance compared to conventional grass
■Horizontal stability, even on pure sand rootzones
■Decreased devoting, shearing and displacement damage
■Meets the aesthetic and athletic demands of today’s sport field market
■Provides the flexibility to rapidly replace logos and change out worn areas
■Immediate playability upon installation or rotation

Warning Track amended with Envirofill®

Explanation of the use of Envirofill in the warning track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhXRMED4JLk

Footage of Envirofill being installed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONbzHMFhmBE

For more information contact:


Zach Burns, Director Sales and Marketing
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

GO REDS!!

THE MOTZ GROUP LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

3607 Church Street, Suite 300 Cincinnati, Ohio 45244
Phone: 513-533-6452 FAX 513-871-5889www.themotzgroup.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE MOTZ GROUP LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

New site delivers clean look with clear messaging.
September 27, 2010, Cincinnati, OH. The Motz Group has launched its new Content Management System (CMS) website, at www.themotzgroup.com. The dramatically redesigned site is fresh, clean and easy to navigate. “Clear communication both visual and in words is the key when it comes to design and I believe we achieved that with this new site” says Mary Beth Wilker of Wilker Design & Marketing.

The home page welcomes viewers with a powerful flash banner, top industry related news information and a small sampling of the teams and schools with whom they’ve worked.
Zach Burns, Director of Sales & Marketing, is proud of the new site. “We are excited for the roll out. It’s fresh, user-friendly and packed with useful information. Best of all we will be updating it constantly to keep the most current information available for our clients. Our hope is that visitors will gain a comprehensive view of our dynamic company and the athletic field industry as a whole.”

Notable features

Project Gallery- brilliant layout of featured fields organized by field system type with expandable image and client quotes.

Synthetic / Natural / Sports - resource of products, applications and useful information helping clients decide which system might be appropriate for their needs.

News / Media - keeping visitors abreast of the latest happenings including blog articles, press releases and video footage.

You are invited to visit the website and return often since it will be regularly updated with new photographs, news and other informative pieces.

About The Motz GroupFounded in 1977, The Motz Group specializes in the design and construction of Synthetic and Natural Turf Systems for professional, college and high school teams. Please visit the website to learn more!

For more information contact:
Erin Richards
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

Tri-Valley Named STC Field of Dreams National Finalist

The results have come in for STC's Real Field of Dreams contest. 
We are so proud of our fields that were either finalists or nominees! 

Click HERE for original site

2010 Winners of the Search for the Real Field of Dreams

Synthetic turf athletic fields and community parks have transformed the lives of America’s youth and enhanced public wellness. As you’ll see, the winners of the Synthetic Turf Council’s 2010 Search for the Real Field of Dreams Contest have amazing stories to share. Kids in economically-challenged urban areas now have safe play spaces instead of rundown, concrete school yards. A community came together to survive an F-5 Tornado with their new synthetic turf field as a rallying point of local pride. Elite and amateur athletes have exceeded their personal goals by accessing new, state-of-the art facilities. We hope you enjoy reading about how people improved their communities with these real fields of dreams!

National Finalist (Athetlic Fields Category)Tri-Valley High School, Dresden, OH

Our unique story begins in the small town of Dresden, Ohio. Dresden started as a bustling little town with a canal cut right through it that connected the Muskingum River to the historic Ohio canal. Ironically, our football stadium was built in 1950 in the valley where that very canal once existed. The Longaberger family moved to Dresden in late 1800’s and the basket business began. By the mid 1900’s the origins of the Longaberger basket company were beginning to take shape. By the late 1970’s, Dave Longaberger had created a booming business based out of Dresden that catered to people all over the world and provided them with handmade baskets.

As the years passed by, Dresden became a tourist hotspot with more than one hundred tour busses stopping daily. The townspeople flocked to buy real estate on Main Street in Dresden, and it filled with shop after shop specializing in baskets of all varieties. Our town had a new identity, one that would remain a source of pride for many years. The Longaberger Homestead, just outside of town, employed over 8,000 and people came from miles away to watch as workers hand wove the baskets they would later purchase. For years, our entire town’s economy prospered because of the Longaberger basket company.

In the last ten years, that prosperity has turned to despair as it has in so many blue-collar towns. The Longaberger Company has cut its workforce from 8,000 to just over 1,000. Many of the small shops that once lined our downtown have closed as the sounds of tour busses have slowly faded over the past few years. Unemployment in our county is nearly 16%, compared to the state average of 10%. As the Longaberger Company faded the one thing that had established our town’s identity also began to fade. With it went our town’s feeling of pride and in some ways the self worth that comes along with being a booming tourist attraction.

Out town needed a shot of adrenaline. It needed something to rally around, and something to be proud of again. This is where our “Field of Dreams” came to fruition.

Tri-Valley High School is located in Dresden. It was created in 1966 when three local districts consolidated. Sine that day it has had a long tradition of sports excellence. However, the one sport that could never establish continued success was football. As if it were destiny, just as the morale of our town started to decline, the morale of the football program began to build. The 2008 season was out third winning season in a row and our program reached the state playoffs for the first two times in history in 2006 and 2007.

With our success, came challenges. Our numbers were at an all-time high as we now had over 175 boys in our program from 7-12 grade. Unfortunately, we had only one football practice field to accommodate all of our student athletes. This lack of space created huge logistical problems when you strive to get your athletes home in time to be good students. Our situation was made worse by the fact that our game field was in no condition to accommodate practices as well as games. As I mentioned earlier, our field was built where a canal once ran and as a result it had severe drainage issues. In fact, by the middle of the season we began painting the middle of the field to make it appear as if we had grass. It constantly drew the ire of opposing coaches because they feared their athletes would get injured as a result of the field conditions.

At the end of 2008, we decided to build on the momentum created by the football program and propose the field turf project to our school and community. Six months later we had our new synthetic turf field and everything has changed. Our student athletes have all reaped the benefits of such a great surface. The football team is now able to play and practice on a perfect surface everyday. Younger players now use our remaining practice field after school. Student athletes have been remarkable as well. With the exception of days in which it was snow covered, not a day has passed since the synthetic turf field project has been completed that our field has not been in use. From soccer and band in the fall, to baseball, softball and track in the spring, our turf gets used on a daily basis. The drainage problems that were so prevalent on our old field are now non-existent.

Describing the great benefits the field has had for our student athletes is really only half the story. The other half of the story revolves around a small town that has been revived by our synthetic turf field project. About a community and a town that had lost its identity and source of joy. The people in our great town, like some many other blue-collar towns throughout America want something to believe in, to take pride in, and something they can call their own. Our field is theirs as much as it is ours. Our schools, our student athletes, and our new synthetic turf field are now the identity of our great town. Like many places in America, people are still struggling to find occupational success. But in our town, every Friday night in the fall, townspeople forget about their problems and share in the thrill of success that our completed project has provided. This year they watched Tri-Valley Football complete a perfect 5-0 home record on the new synthetic turf field. The resurgence of our football program and the resiliency of our town now resonate every day when you look out at our new “field of dreams.”

Other 2010 Nominees include
City of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Cotting School, Lexington, MA
Falcon Field, Meriden, CT
Home Plate Baseball, Peachtree City, GA
Loveland High School, Loveland, OH*
Madeira High School, Cincinnati, OH*
Marist High School, Atlanta, GA
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Riverdale County Schools, Bronx, NY
South Oldham High School, Crestwood, KY*

*These teams also play on 24/7 Systems

For more information contact:
Zach Burns, Director
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

Tonight! Lasalle v. Lakota East

Lakota East's 24/7 Turf Field

La Salle at Lakota East capsule

See original article here

Who: La Salle (2-0) at Lakota East (1-1)

When: 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9

Where: Lakota East High School

This game will be televised live on Fox Sports Ohio.

What’s at stake: The Thunderhawks and Lancers meet for the third straight season, with La Salle winning the previous two contests by scores of 13-10 and 34-7.

East looks to build off its first victory of the Rick Haynes Era, a 24-21 triumph at Glen Este, but La Salle will be up to the task. The Lancers are coming off a 50-7 blowout win over Covington Catholic in which they compiled 594 yards of total offense.

The Thunderhawks and Lancers will play on Lakota's East's new 24/7 Synthetic Turf Field installed by The Motz Group. 

For more information contact:
Zach Burns, Director Sales & Marketing
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

Lindsey Wilson Ready to Play Football on Their New Motz Group Field

Lindsey Wilson Football Coaching Staff

Buzz around Football Extends to National USA Today Coverage

Lindsey Wilson College received national recognition on Wednesday, August 11, as the Blue Raider football program was mentioned in USA Today.

Lindsey Wilson is one of at least 26 schools in the NAIA and NCAA beginning football over a four year span (2009-2013). Blue Raider football returns -- the program has been dormant for 75 years -- at 1:30 p.m. CT on September 4 against another first-year program, Notre Dame (Ohio) College.

Lindsey Wilson and Notre Dame are among six institutions beginning football this season.

The article cites the stark contrast between Lindsey Wilson and NCAA's University South Alabama -- who has an enrollment of more than 14,000 students -- as both begin the venture of football in 2010.

"It's exciting to see Lindsey Wilson and our programs receive national acknowledgement," LWC athletics director Willis Pooler said. "The USA Today article is an example of how football is another vehicle for us to extend the college's mission to a wider audience."

Click here for full article from USA Today.

Coach Oliver says being pleased with The Motz Group is an understatement

“Building a college football program from scratch is a huge undertaking, and picking the right company for our artificial turf project was one of the biggest decisions we had to make during the entire process. After researching multiple companies and checking references across the region, we made the decision to have The Motz Group install their ‘24/7’ synthetic turf at our new stadium. To say we’ve been pleased with our field over the past 10 months is an understatement. The installation process was smooth, and the entire Motz Group staff was great to work with. After practicing on our field throughout spring football and fall camp, I can say without a doubt that I’ve never stepped foot on a nicer synthetic turf field anywhere. During the research process I had other coaches tell me that we couldn’t go wrong if we went with The Motz Group, and I now share that same sentiment.”

Chris Oliver

Head Football Coach

Lindsey Wilson College


For more information contact:
Zach Burns, Director
The Motz GroupSM
Phone: 513.533.6452
Email: info@themotzgroup.com

Skyline Crosstown Showdown on ESPNU

Moeller Football Seniors 2010

For the first time in event history, the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown will be played on a Sunday to accommodate national television coverage. Sunday evening, The Moeller Crusaders and The Wayne Warriors will go head to head for the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown. The game will be featured on ESPNU beginning at 7pm.

The Moeller Crusaders and the Wayne Warriors each play on 24/7 synthetic turf fields installed by The Motz Group and it will be no different as they meet for Sunday's game at St. X's Ballaban Field ~ another Motz Group 24/7 field.  

Braxton Miller, Wayne's Quarterback

Braxton Miller, Wayne's QB,  is aiming for that elusive state championship, but he will first have to hurdle a major challenger in Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), one of the winningest programs in state history. The game, which also headlines Moeller’s highly-recruited pass rusher, Jesse Hayes, will be nationally televised at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 on ESPNU, part of the ESPN RISE High School Football Kickoff. Helping out Miller will be his backfield buddy, Anthony Taylor, and on defense, defensive back Trey Thomas.

Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown Schedule / Results 

8/20/10 @ Nippert Stadium

Dixie Heights 35 / Newport Central Catholic 28

Covington Catholic 7 / Ryle 61

8/26/10 @ Mason High School

Loveland 6 / Turpin 24

Edgewood 7 / Wyoming 21

8/27/10 @ Nippert Stadium
Anderson* vs. Oak Hills, 6 p.m.
Elder* vs. Winton Woods 8:30 p.m.


8/28/10 @ Nippert Stadium
Lakota West* vs. La Salle, noon
Middletown* vs. Simon Kenton, 2:45 p.m.
East Central, IN vs. Harrison*, 5:30 p.m.
Clayton Northmont* vs. Colerain, 8:15 p.m.


8/29/10 @ Ballaban Field / St. Xavier High School
Good Counsel, MD vs. St. Xavier*, 3 p.m.
Huber Heights Wayne* vs. Moeller, 7 p.m.

Sixteen of the teams playing in the Showdown play on Motz Group Fields.  We are very proud of the teams and wish them luck in the Showdown and the rest of their football season!  We'll be watching!  

For more information or to learn more about The Motz Group Synthetic Turf Systems call Zach Burns at The Motz Group at 513-533-6452 or email info@themotzgroup.com

New On-Campus Field for Notre Dame Academy!

Pandas fall to LexCath at new on-campus field

NDA loses first-ever "home" game

 

Notre Dame unveiled its beautiful new on-campus artificial turf soccer field on Saturday, honored its past coaches and players and boasted an actual home-field advantage for the first time in its program history.

 

Unfortunately for the Pandas, Lexington Catholic crashed the field-warming party, edging Notre Dame, 2-1 in the inaugural game at the Notre Dame Academy Sports Complex.

 

“Lexington Catholic is a good opponent,” Notre Dame coach Sara McSorley said. “I think we missed a lot of opportunities, but I’m not disappointed in the game at this point.”

Notre Dame had two excellent scoring chances in the first 20 minutes, but junior Katie Schutzman shot just wide off a centering feed 13 minutes in and senior striker Heather Shelton slipped on a similar play six minutes later.

Junior midfielder Ellyn Abdelghany fired just high on a chance with 11 minutes left until halftime, and junior midfielder Belle Leininger nearly scored on the transition following an errant LexCath corner kick.

But the momentum shifted late in the half. Sophomore Mary Beth Gorham shot from straight on inside the box, but junior Lauren Knasel made a clean stop. Knasel then denied a close-range shot by senior Mary Catherine Combs with a sliding save in the final two minutes before halftime.

The teams traded scoring chances in the first 20 minutes of the second half, but LexCath finally broke through with 19 minutes remaining. Gorham fired a point-blank blast that new Notre Dame goalkeeper Megan Reilly denied, but the rebound went right to freshman Sarah Gorman, who tapped it in to make it 1-0.

Mary Beth Gorham, who finished with a team-high 10 helpers in 2009, set up the second Knights score with a perfect corner to junior Claire Bodart, who beat Reilly to extend LexCath’s lead to two with 13 minutes left.

Abdelghany had two more chances in the next few minutes as Notre Dame furiously attacked the LexCath net, but one shot was saved and the other just missed the post.

Finally, junior midfielder Chandler Clark knocked home a header with six minutes left to make it 2-1 Knights.

But Notre Dame had just two more chances – one was a shot that went high by sophomore Ellie Eckerle, the other a shot on net by junior Sydney Scheben that was denied in the closing minutes.

Knights coach Terry Quigley admitted that despite his team’s win, Notre Dame outplayed the Knights in many aspects.

“The game really doesn’t matter – it’s the second game of the season,” said Quigley, whose team was a state semifinalist last season. “The significance is it might make us a little more confident.”

Two bursts of rain – one in each half – and the final score put a damper on the opening of the new field, but the long-term impact far outweighed one early-season non-district loss.

“We’re all really excited, it’s awesome to have our own field,” Shelton said. “I definitely think it’ll give us a home-field advantage and make us more excited to play, more determined to win.”

The complex is not yet complete – a scoreboard and restrooms are still in the works – but not having to play home games like this one off-campus is a benefit the Pandas have been without for far too long.

“Normally this would be an away game,” McSorley said. “It’s just really nice we can play where it’s convenient for our fans to come out and watch.”

HALFTIME: 0-0. GOALS: LC—S. Gorman, Bodart. ND—C. Clark. RECORDS: Lexington Catholic 1-0-1, Notre Dame 1-1.

Original article can be found here.

‘New’ Frank Irelan Field officially dedicated at CMHS

There was a great turn out for the official dedication of the “new” Frank Irelan Field on Tuesday night at Clinton-Massie High School.  The dedication was given during the Meet the Teams ceremony.  The Motz Group recently completed installation of their new artificial turf field. 
The boys and girls soccer teams scrimmaged Madison following the ribbon cutting.

In the ribbon cutting photo, from left to right, are Jamie Evans, Clinton-Massie Boosters Club; Zach Burns, the Motz Group; Jeff Borton, Clinton-Massie school board; Dan McSurley, varsity football coach; Jackie Phipps, boosters club; Lisa Homan, school board; Dr. Mike Sander, district superintendent; Keith Mattison, athletic director; Matt Johannes, boys soccer coach; Pat Black, representing the girls soccer team; and Chris Robinson, boosters club.

Anderson Twp. Synthetic Fields Nearing Completion

The new synthetic football and soccer fields at Riverside Park should be open for play in the next month.
Crews are currently laying the turf for the 165,000-square-foot playing area off Round Bottom Road, which will have two full-size football fields and a soccer field overlay.

Anderson Township Park District Operations Manager Mike Smith said once crews finish laying the turf it will be filled with a silica-coated sand called Envirofill that will make the fields feel more like natural grass.

The park commissioners adopted the field rental agreement and policy that details the permit process, priority classification, applicable fees and other details at last night's meeting.

The Park District will rent the new synthetic fields from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day.

Rental times include set-up, warm-up and take-down or clean-up time and fields will be allocated based on priority.

Park district youth or adult athletic programs of leagues, or Park-District sponsored event will have the first opportunities to use the fields.

Nonprofit youth organizations based in Anderson Township will be next on the priority list and general youth users, select programs and adult users fall into group three.

For-profit organizations, tournaments, clinics and camps with paid staff or trainers are also in the last group.

Ken Kushner, executive director for the Anderson Township Park District, said a few games are already scheduled shortly after the planned Sept. 27 opening.

The fields are estimated to cost taxpayers more than $1 million.

Cincinnati Community Press • By Lisa Wakeland • lwakeland@communitypress.com • August 12, 2010

Riverside Park ~ Anderson Twp Park District

With turf being installed this week, Riverside Park will glow under the lights while football, soccer and lacrosse get underway on their new fields...

 July 26, 2010 ~ A sea of gravel

 August 3, 2010 ~ Mike Smith of Anderson Parks and Zach Burns of The Motz Group are just a few of the good men in charge of making this project come to life.

August 3, 2010 ~ Lou Schindler of The Motz Group laser grades the gravel.

Check out Bee Hill Honey on Fox 19 News!

Sacred Heart Academy

The Motz Group completed installation of Sacred Heart Academy's new synthetic turf field two weeks early.  Perfect timing as the Valkyries get set to host the 38th Apple Field Hockey Tournament.  This tournament kicks off the season for Louisville schools.

Owsley B. Frazier Stadium ~ Bellarmine University

In the fall of 2007, Bellarmine University dedicated the $5.1 million Owsley B. Frazier Stadium on campus. Seating approximately, 2,000 this state-of-the-art facility is the home of Bellarmine's men and women's soccer programs, track and field, and men's lacrosse. The artificial field surface named Joseph P. and Janet A. Clayton Field was installed by the Motz Group. It is the same "24/7" surface that can be found at the homes of the Miami Dolphins and University of Kentucky.

The track facilities include an eight-lane dual-durometer polyurethane poured surface provided by the Benyon Sport Surfaces, as well as three long jump pits, two pole vault areas, a high jump pit, and a water steeplechse pool. In May 2010 a throws area was added across Newburg Road. Installed where two throwing areas for shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer throws.

On Feburary 20, 2010 the plaza area of the stadium was named after men's lacrosse coach Jack McGetrick.

The plaza houses the lockerooms, concessions, and restrooms for the stadium. McGetrick started the lacrosse program at Bellarmine in 2004 and is well known throughout the lacrosse community.

Original can be found HERE

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How to:

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About Tag:
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Designed with ease of use in mind, it enables users to easily bring information such as business card contact details to their cell phone, without having to type anything.

Colorful two-dimensional tags (as shown above) can be used to transform traditional marketing media (print ads, billboards, packaging, merchandising) into live links for accessing information and entertainment online.

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Ownership Thinking 2010 Conference

Hi all,

Below you will find an invitation to a conference that I found to be very worthy of the time spent.

“Ownership Thinking” is a prestigious national organization that provides training and tools necessary to develop a healthy workforce of people who “own” the success of their company. Ownership Thinking teaches companies how to act and think like owners. Since The Motz Group became involved with Ownership Thinking in March 2009, we have fostered a paradigm shift in our culture and now have a team of involved forward thinkers – all motivated to increase our shared bottom line.

At this year’s conference I will be presenting examples of our first hand successes along with other progressive CEO’s and Senior Executives from all over the country. There are 17 different workshop speakers that will train on a broad spectrum of topics around the central theme of increasing accountability.

Please consider joining us for this year’s conference. It’s going to be powerful - it will not disappoint.

Joe

Joseph E. Motz

President, The Motz Group

513-533-6452

http://www.themotzgroup.com/

TO: Attendees of 2007, 2008, and/or 2009 Ownership Thinking Conferences
FROM: Brad Hams, President & CEO Ownership Thinking
SUBJECT: 2010 Ownership Thinking Conference

I’m writing to encourage you to re-up for the 2010 conference if you haven’t already registered. I am really excited about this year’s conference (even more so than previous years). Our theme (accountability) conveys the critical nature of creating a culture of earning rather than entitlement – and is particularly important when you consider the issues we are currently facing in the United States. My book, Eradicate Entitlement: How to Create an Organization of Employees Who Think and Act Like Owners, is finished but not yet been through its final edit, and conference attendees will receive a complimentary (and signed) pre-publication draft of the book. I’ll be delivering my new keynote on this topic at the end of day one, followed by a reception. We are blessed to have Al Killeen, founder and President of Personal Mastery Programs (and my enlightened, long time friend), delivering the day-two morning keynote on Soul Proprietorship, which is the title of his recently published (and excellent) book of the same name. Al will be signing his book during lunch and breaks on the 17th.

In addition, we have 17 of my favorite experts and business leaders who will be facilitating 15 breakout sessions focused on various aspects of employee engagement and accountability. And as always, we will have our “Learning from One Another Session, Meet the Experts Lunch, and Feedback Closing Session. You can view the agenda and logistics at http://www.ownershipthinking.com/2010_conference_agenda.pdf . If you would like a more detailed agenda emailed to you in a PDF format (and did not receive one via snail mail), please call our office at 303-984-1434, or email Carmen at carmen@ownershipthinking.com.

BOOK YOUR ROOMS SOON AT THE INVERNESS, AS WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER SET ASIDE FOR THE CONFERENCE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. IF YOU MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, THERE ARE SEVERAL HOTELS NEARBY TO CHOOSE FROM.

I hope we see all of you again this year.
Cheers,
Brad

Brad Hams
President, Ownership Thinking LLC
P 303-984-1434 C 303-618-6189
http://www.ownershipthinking.com/



What Makes This Conference Excellent?
The fourth annual Ownership Thinking Conference promises to be a fantastic event. We are honored to have several leading resource speakers on a variety of excellent topics related to Ownership Thinking and Accountability, and several of our favorite leaders from best practice Ownership Thinking companies.
In addition, you will find that this conference attracts attendees who are smart, forward thinking, truly enthused about business, and enjoy sharing information and ideas. Companies practicing Ownership Thinking are becoming best in class, and having fun along the way.

Who Should Attend?
Anyone who is interested in creating a culture of high performance, employee engagement, and ownership thinking should attend this conference. Attendees will include business owners, CEOs, leadership personnel in all functional areas (particularly finance and HR), and non-management personnel involved in ownership thinking steering committees or ESOP communications committees.

Conference Site
Under the wide-open Colorado skies, at the foot of the majestic Rocky Mountains, is Colorado’s premier conference resort. The Inverness Hotel, Spa and Conference Center reflects the spacious grandeur of its surroundings, offering spectacular vistas, a wealth of recreation and a high degree of luxury. Just 25 minutes from downtown Denver and 35 minutes from Denver International Airport, The Inverness offers easy access
to the city’s attractions as well as their own: a PGA championship golf course, an IACC accredited conference center, a luxurious spa, four diamond dining and more. Visit their website to learn more: http://www.invernesshotel.com/

Register Today!
You can register online at www.ownershipthinking.com, or call our office at 303-984-1434 and register live with Carmen.
If you plan on staying at the Inverness, you must contact them directly for reservations.
A limited number of rooms are being held at the discounted rate of only $169/night. http://www.invernesshotel.com/, or call 800-832-9053 and tell them that you are attending the conference when registering.

CLICK HERE to view full conference brochure

CLICK HERE to view Agenda and more details

Right on Schedule

Weekly update on Piqua's Alexander Stadium / Purk Field

WORK CONTINUES ON TURF PROJECT
By Rob Kiser ~ rkiser@dailycall.com

Piqua Daily Call Sports Editor

The heat hasn't slowed the progress at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field as Twenty-Four/Seven® Synthetic Turf is installed by The Motz Group for the 2010 football season.

Project Superintendent Chad Lavender said every site is different.

"When I say every site is different, I mean as far as access roads, drainage system things like that," Lavender said. "For example, here the system takes the water out to the practice field. You have to work around things like that. This field was pretty standard."

Steel plates provided by Piqua Steel make it possible to get the heavy equipment in the field area, without damaging the track and piles containing as much as 3,000 yards of top soil can be seen at the stadium.

"Right now, we are in the process of stripping the top soil," he said. "If you push dirt with a bulldozer, it just rolls into a ball. So, that is why you have to strip it. There are places allocated where we take the top soil. Piqua is going to use the sub soil for different locations out here."
Approximately half the field has had the soil stripped and is in the process of being graded, while the top soil is still being removed from the other half of the field.

Piqua made the decision to put the turf all the way out to the track.

On a lot of fields, the turf is stopped about eight yards beyond the curvature of the goal posts and rest is paved.

"It costs a little more, but it makes it really nice," Lavender said.

Some other improvements have been made as well. At the end where the long jump and pole vault pits are located, both runways have been paved and there is an improved pole vault pit.

"The pole vault pit was almost going out to the track," Lavender said. "We centered it, put in a new pit and repaved the two runways.

"Having it (the turf in that area) will make it nice for the kids.

"It will give them somewhere they can sit while they are waiting for their event."

And it will give Piqua a field that can be showcased.

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Work underway at 'Alex'

Weekly update on Piqua's Alexander Stadium / Purk Field

ONE OF 11 FIELDS MOTZ GROUP IS WORKING ON

Chad Lavender,
The Motz Group

By Rob Kiser ~ rkiser@dailycall.com

Piqua Daily Call Sports Editor

Project Superintendent Chad Lavender had to laugh when asked the question about the synthetic turf installation that is currently underway at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.

"That is what everybody wants to know," Lavender said. "Is the field going to be done on time? We (The Motz Group) have never missed a deadline. If it gets to a point where we have to turn the lights on and work 24/7, we will do that.

"We are currently working on 11 fields. And six of them are at about the same stage as Piqua's right now."

If Lavender's name sounds familiar, it should.

He was a standout athlete at Miami East and played for Rick Gold on the Piqua American Legion Post 184 baseball team. He later became an assistant coach for Gold at Piqua and is happy to be back in the area.

"I have been working full-time with Motz since 2000," Lavender said. "We have done about 100 fields in the Cincinnati area, now it is starting to move north.
"All the GWOC teams seem to be getting them."

While the conversion from grass to turf is in the early stages, you might wonder how they get the heavy equipment on to the field without damaging the track. Aluminum plates have been laid down.

"Piqua Steel donated the aluminum plates for that," Lavender said. "What that does is distribute the weight over the track. Every field is different, with weather and different elements. We come in and evaluate everything."

The Motz Group has a long history of success, from Twenty-Four/Seven® synthetic turf, like is being installed at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field, to TSII® Fields such as Great American Ball Park, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and Olympic Stadium in Australia for the 2000 Olympic Games; to HPG® Fields such as Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore and Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus; to PAT® Fields such as Dodger Stadium, Dolphin Stadium and Turner Field.

One of the differences at Alexander Stadium will be the amount of turf laid.

"Normally, we just put turf down on the field," Lavender said. "But, they want this to be a showcase for playoff games and things like that, so we are putting turf everywhere, not just the field."

And the field will become a more level playing surface, so don't be surprised if you see large piles of dirt being removed next week.

"We are going to go from a 1.5 percent grade to a .5 percent grade," Lavender said. "So, we will be moving about 600 pounds of dirt from the middle of the field."

Lavender talked about the advancement of synthetic turf over the years. "You can do just about anything with it," Lavender said. "There are a number of different things (markings) you can put on it."

And yes, the field will be ready for football season - Lavender and Motz will make sure of that.

Editors Note: This is the first in a weekly series on the turf installation at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field.
 
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TMG installs sports turf used in Pujols Wheaties commercial!

Have you seen the new Wheaties Fuel commercial featuring Albert Pujols?

Check it out HERE 

The Motz Group installed the sports turf that you see in this commercial!

The commercial was filmed at Cincinnati's Lunken Airport while the St. Louis Cardinals were in town for the Cincinnati Reds 2010 opening series. 

Here are some pretty neat 'behind the scenes' photographs:

Envirofill®

What you might not be able to see is that this sports turf is infilled with Envirofill®, produced by USGreentech. Envirofill® is a high performing infill for high-performance athletes. The naturally occurring sand has unique properties that closely simulate the feel of a natural grass field while its patented coating locks out dust, moisture and bacteria.


Envirofill® provides athletes firm, stable footing that feels very much like natural grass.
It has natural heat reducing properties that signifcantly lower surface temperatures and reduce player fatigue. In infill heat build-up studies, clear coated Envirofill® tested 80 degrees cooler than black crumb rubber and has proven to lower outdoor playing surfaces as much as 20% compared to crumb rubber.


Envirofill® is non-toxic, odorless and heavy metal free. When coupled with an energy absorbing pad, the system has excellent Gmax scores. With a 20 year warranty and its inherent recyclability, Envirofill® has the potential to be reused as infill long after the turf wears out.

The 6'3", 230 pound Jose Alberto Pujols aka Albert Pujols is unbelievably accomplished in the game of baseball. He started his professional career with the St. Louis Cardinals at the young age of 21.  Soon after he was unanimously voted rookie of the year. 

He’s won four Louisville Slugger® Silver Slugger Awards, one Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, a batting title and two most valuable player awards. In 2006 he powered the St. Louis Cardinals to victory in the championship, leading the team in home runs, runs and base on balls in the postseason.

Albert was voted baseball’s most feared hitter in the 2009 season!