2020
LAWN & LANDSCAPE LEADERSHIP AWARD
JIM E. HORNUNG JR.
PRESIDENT
ELBERS LANDSCAPE INC.
Buffalo, New York

Eagerly focused on the diamond and its animated players – tracking their batting averages, RBIs, home runs – young Jim Hornung Jr. rarely missed a game at Sahlen Field. Among a crowd of more than 20,000 Buffalo Bison AAA baseball fans, the elementary-aged son of the ballpark’s head groundskeeper had a backstage pass in many ways. “I’d see 50, 60, 70 games a season and hang out on the field, watching batting practice and just being around the players,” says Hornung, president of the family business his parents, Jim Hornung Sr. and wife Beth Ann, purchased in 1980.
For more than 18 years, the Lawn & Landscape Leadership Awards have been presented annually to industry professionals in the green industry who have demonstrated the strongest leadership skills in the world of landscaping and lawn care. They have worked relentlessly to make the industry better for their colleagues and companies, and the world around them a better place.
“Jim’s willingness to help in the community, desire to assist other landscapers grow their company and still be able to operate a successful landscaping company with many years left to grow as a leader make him a perfect fit for our Emerging Leader award.” – Brian Horn, editor, Lawn & Landscape magazine.  
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