Landscape Forms in Kalamazoo Earns Its Sixth Straight Great Place to Work® Certification™ in 2024 – 2025
June 24, 2024
Kalamazoo, MI
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Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structure, LED lighting and accessories, is proud to announce that the company has again earned a Great Place to Work® Certification™ — its sixth in a row.
Great Place to Work® Certification™ is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying outstanding employee experiences.
"Each year, receiving our Great Place to Work Certification is an incredible point of pride for our organization,” says Landscape Forms Chief Executive Officer, Margie Simmons. “At Landscape Forms, we believe that when every team member feels valued, supported, and empowered, we can achieve extraordinary things together. This recognition underscores our unwavering commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture, and it’s a testament to the collaborative spirit and dedication of our entire team. We will celebrate this success together and continue to invest in our people while continuously striving to ensure our workplace is an environment where every team member can thrive and achieve their goals.”
On receiving the 2024-2025 Great Place to Work® Certification™, Landscape Forms Director of Talent and Organization Development, Natalie Jackson says, “It can’t be understated how important and gratifying it is to have a sense of pride in the place that you work. Internally, we all know our culture is unique. We know we have one of the best workplaces in our industry, but it really is special to have well-known, outside organizations like Great Place to Work validate it. Receiving this recognition is an extra reminder to congratulate one another and share pride in our collective accomplishments.”
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About Landscape Forms
Landscape Forms is the industry leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture, structures, accessories, and advanced LED lighting. Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. Headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the family of brands includes Loll Designs located in Duluth, Minnesota; Summit Furniture in Monterey, California; and Kornegay Design in Phoenix, Arizona. It has sales representatives throughout North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. Additionally, the company has formed global marketing partnerships with select companies that share its commitment to design. Landscape Forms has an installed base of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, hospitality, residential, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Harvard University, LinkedIn, New York Central Park Conservancy, Bryant Park, Google, Coca Cola, Oculus, U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), Nike, National Museum of African American History (Washington, D.C.), Barclays Center, Adidas, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Microsoft, and Uber. Landscape Forms has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 by Fortune magazine, Michigan Manufacturer of the Year for 2020 by the Michigan Manufacturers Association, and by 269 Magazine as one of Southwest Michigan’s Wonderful Workplaces.
About Great Place to Work® Certification™
Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™.