News & Events

IN THE NEWS

Pizzo & Associates showcases ecological restoration and native landscaping at Chicago’s 2010 Flower and Garden Show. Click here for more

Pizzo Enters Agreement with Caterpillar World Trading
Pizzo & Associates and Caterpillar World Trading (CWTC) have entered into a countertrade agreement. CWTC is a Caterpillar Inc. entity that works with Cat customers and dealers to encourage and enable machine users to purchase new Cat equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, CWTC will market Pizzo products & services to potential customers in an effort to generate incremental business and cash flow for Pizzo. This is to support Pizzo’s recent purchase of a model 297C skid steer and possible future machines from Cat dealer Patten Tractor.

Park Prairie at Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park Evaluated by Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
Jack Pizzo and Nick Zaluzec of Pizzo & Associates toured the park prairie at the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park on Governors State University campus in late August. Jack and Nick toured the park with GSU Superintendent of Grounds Kevin Barto and Park Director Geoffrey Bates to provide detailed instructions on harvesting and sowing native prairie plant seed.

Pizzo & Associates was recently featured in the Daily Southtown’s article “Volunteers watch Orland Grassland change, grow”. Click here to read the article

Jack Pizzo puts conservation easements on his two properties to prevent development – permanently

EVENTS & APPEARANCES

August

27:
2010 Sustainable University Symposium – Presented by Governor Quinn & Green Governments Coordinating Council

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Champaign, IL I-Hotel and Conference Center
• Jack, Doug B, Maggie, Nick Z, and Jake will be in attendance * Click here for more

September

9-10:
Green Town – Future Cities/Grand Rapids 2010

• Grand Rapids, MI Grand Valley State University-Eberhard Center
• Maggie and Grace will be in attendance with the Pizzo booth * Click here for more

13:
Sierra Club Valley of the Fox Group Open House

• Aurora, IL Bally Doyle’s on New York Ave
• Jack will be in attendance with the Pizzo booth

22-24:
American Planning Association Conference

• Normal, IL Marriot Hotel
• Pizzo & Associates, Ltd is a Village level sponsor with Doug B and Maggie in attendance * Click here for more

28-30:
National Roadside Vegetation Management Association annual conference

• Indianapolis, IN Hyatt Regency Downtown
• Jake, Maggie, and Nick Z will be in attendance with the Pizzo booth

October

25-29:
37th Natural Areas Conference

• Osage Beach, MO Tan-Tar-A Resort
• Jack will be speaking along with Doug B in attendance

UPCOMING SEMINARS

There are no seminars scheduled at this time. Check back soon for updates.

PUBLICATIONS & WRITINGS

Jack Pizzo wrote “Nature on Fire: Why is America Burning”, published in the Spring, 2008 issue of Natural Living Magazine

Pizzo & Associates, Ltd is featured in the November 2007 issue of Growing Trends; The Official Publication of the Illinois Green Industry Association

Jack Pizzo is quoted in the March 2007 issue of Total Landscape Care and the January/February 2007 issue of Land and Water — The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration

Jack Pizzo and Heather Morton wrote “The Natural Beauty of Open Spaces”, published in the Winter 2006 issue of Common Interest magazine

Jack Pizzo and Heather Morton wrote “An Urban Wetland Restoration Success Story: Lessons for all Ecological Restoration Projects”