A recent driving tour to visit TRSA members in Alabama and Florida took TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci and VP Tom Newell to nine member-company locations. It was the eighth in a series of regional excursions involving Ricci and his TRSA staff colleagues since 2021. The visits began as the COVID-19 pandemic waned, and the economy started to reopen.

These Sept. 22-25 meetings enabled TRSA staff to tour members’ facilities and benefit from their management’s candid, personal observations of challenges and opportunities on the industry’s front lines. In return, they received insights into economic, political ...