ONLA announces CENTS University

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association board of directors and staff have announced the rollout of CENTS University, a fresh new approach to educating the green industry at the CENTS Marketplace convention each January.

“CENTS University represents the vision of ONLA to provide world-class education about the business and green issues of greatest importance, and to deliver it with unparalleled excellence, efficiency and cost-effectiveness," said ONLA President David Richards. "CENTS University will reach out not only with continuing education, new research and business-critical information, but with the passion and devotion that make what this industry does so much more than a livelihood.”

After its 2014 show, the ONLA board of directors and staff began plans to enhance the quality of its education program, while making the process more efficient and cost-effective for participants. Education will continue to be available to exhibitors, just as in previous years.

+ CENTS attendees will access world-class continuing education from the nation’s best colleges and universities and green industry professionals as well as nontraditional experts, speakers, authors, business professionals and peers who offer a unique and pertinent viewpoint
+ Coverage of topics that attendees and exhibitors - such as landscape, nursery, turf, arborist, garden center, and others - see as critically important
+ More cost-effective educational opportunities at CENTS
+ Streamlined, tech-friendly registration and payment operations

The CENTS Marketplace Convention will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio January 7-9, 2015.