Why should I get involved in green industry legislative and advocacy efforts? There are many good reasons for having a trade organization involved in advocacy efforts. In this day and age, the most important reason must be to protect the trade from the Together we are more informed, more engaged, more effective!
Ann Tosovsky, Home Nursery Inc. What does the IGIA Public Policy committee do?The members of the Public Policy committee represent the various segments of the industry and work closely with IGIA Executive Director, Kellie Schmidt, and lobbyist, Molly Rockford, to review proposed legislative and policy changes that would affect our members at the state level. At the start of the spring legislative session, the Illinois General Assembly releases a list of proposed laws related to the environment, tax code, the workplace, transportation, the environment, employee rights, professional licensing, and much more. It is the committee's role to advise both the executive director and our lobbyist as to what effect these proposed laws would have on our member businesses so that we can work with legislators to impact the necessary changes before they become rule of law.
The real reason is that what we do together is what truly matters. We need to stand together, as one industry, to address these obstacles. For more information on how to get involved with our legislative and advocacy efforts, contact IGIA Executive Director, Kellie Schmidt, at 217.546.4733 or [email protected]. CONTRIBUTE TO IGIA PUBLIC POLICY EFFORTS |