Automatic Mowers To Combat Lawncare Staffing Shortage




Good Morning Gwinnett Podcast show

Summary: On a quiet day at Rabbit Hill Park in Dacula, the nearly 10 acres of soccer fields lord over the landscape.<br><br>Gwinnett Soccer Academy Executive Director Drew Prentice understands the problem all too well.<br><br>“We went through a series last summer where their mowers went down, and the new mowers they brought in weren’t specific for sports fields,” Prentice explained. “So, they weren’t cutting properly.”<br><br>Prentice and Gwinnett County recently teamed up to hire a very specialized employee.<br><br>“So, we’ve named it Travis,” Prentice said.<br><br>Travis is a Husqvarna Ceora automatic mower, the first of his kind in the Southeast, and a far cry from the mowers previous generations pushed around as kids.<br><br>Joshua Harris remembers that time. He manages the groundskeeping for the county’s 50+ parks.<br><br>SOURCE: www.MSN.com