
Norcross, Ga. - The Southern States Athletic Conference Board of Presidents at their recent meeting of the conference leadership announced the details of the new partnership with National Management Resources Corporation (NMRC). The NMRC officials were present and were welcomed in joining the other "Primary and Founding Sponsors" of the SSAC: ONEPATH Systems, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Conventions and Visitors Bureau (CVB), and Musco Lighting.
National Management Resources Corporation, located in LaGrange, Georgia and with over 30 years of experience, specializes in contract management services in the areas of grounds and plant maintenance and custodial service with higher education institutions. NMRC provides the above mentioned services with the intent purpose of creating appealing campus images for universities such as those found in the SSAC. NMRC views this partnership as a way to develop relationships with the 16 member institutions of the Southern States. Other growth areas for NMRC includes but is not limited to the area of event management where complete turnkey event promotion and execution services are provided.
Andrew Wilson, President of NMRC states, "National Management Resources Corporation is proud to sponsor the Southern States Athletic Conference. National specializes in providing outsourced physical plant management services to colleges and universities, and we look forward to supporting many of our customers who belong to the conference. In addition, we hope to develop relationships with other institutions that may have a need for our services in the future. National has served the higher education market for over 30 years by taking on and improving the management of the custodial, maintenance, and landscaping services at our customer locations."
These partnerships will allow the SSAC to aggressively market the conference and its sixteen member schools which includes television and webcasting projects. The SSAC has a tentative agreement to air a 30-minute promotional, informational and features show on SportsSouth, a Fox affiliate based out of Atlanta that reaches 9.3 million households covering nine states.
National Management Resources Profile
Corporate headquarters: LaGrange, Georgia
More than 600 employees in eight states
Maintaining in excess of 12 million square feet of facilities
67% of accounts are full-service (landscape maintenance, custodial, and plant maintenance)
Average contract length: 7.9 years