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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS By Molly Gilbert
5 Ways to Stay Up To Date with TCAPWA
Staying in the loop is easy. Industry events. Know of something that needs activities. To submit an article, please
information for your professional to be added? Each Regional Branch email Publisher Klair Kimmey at klair@
development is at your fingertips, Director has website access, or you can tnpublicworks.com for guidelines.
provided on multiple platforms: in contact Rocky Robinson, Technical Additionally, please contact Kimmey for
person, in print and on the web. Specialist, Metro Public Works at (615) any mailing list updates.
880-1680, (615) 416-5014 (cell) or
1. Attend the Annual Conference william.robinson@nashville.gov.
November 7-9 in Knoxville
Additionally, on the website you will
It’s never too early to start talking about find a history of the Tennessee Chapter,
the next TCAPWA annual conference! Go the current Executive Board and Branch
ahead and put the dates on your calendar Directors listings, information on
now. Knoxville’s Public Works team the annual conference, employment
is excited to host the 2017 TCAPWA/ opportunities and information about the
SWANA Conference and encourage our Tennessee Public Works Institute.
members to start making plans now to
attend. You can stay up to date with all our 4. Like our two Facebook Pages:
conference plans by visiting our website, “APWA – Tennessee Chapter
Tennessee.APWA.net. of American Public Works
Association” and “APWA Young
The 2017 conference will be a special Professionals TN”
year, as it will coincide closely with
the one year anniversary of the fires in It’s simple to add TCAPWA
Gatlinburg. David Brace specifically information to your news feed by liking
wanted to encourage all members to not the Chapter pages. Relevant information
only attend the conference in Knoxville, about upcoming events and job openings
but to piggyback on a few extra days to as well as photos from the annual
spend in Sevier County and Gatlinburg conference and branch meetings are
in honor of our Public Works friends posted.
in that area and to invest real money
back into the tourism-based economy 5. Read Tennessee Public Works
devastated by what may be the worst Magazine in print and online
natural disaster in the history of the State
of Tennessee. Hint: You’re reading it now. TPW
Magazine reaches 1,700+ decision-
2. Attend Branch Meetings makers across Tennessee. It is published
every other month with a bonus fall
Meetings only happen quarterly, so issue focused exclusively on the annual
it takes some effort on your part to add TCAPWA conference. The current issue
them to your calendar in advance to and back issues are also available online
make sure you schedule around them. via a link on the TCAPWA website or at
Seeing industry counterparts face-to- www.tnpublicworks.com. Recognized
face is a great networking opportunity. as one of the best chapter industry
Besides learning from informative publications in the nation, each issue
presentations, the chance to brainstorm contains articles written by industry
current problems and celebrate small professionals with the goal of sharing
victories with professional colleagues the conditions that their community
provides an intangible benefit. Dedicated faced and how the Public Works
attendees reap the most rewards. staff resolved them. Even though the
circumstances of your community might
If you are not receiving notifications be slightly different, the information
of Branch meetings, contact your Branch shared about technology upgrades and
Director. A contact list is located on page resourcefulness apply statewide. Topics
5 of this issue of TPW Magazine. typically covered include, but are not
limited to: streets, water, waste water,
3. Log in to the Chapter’s solid waste, equipment, technology,
Website: Tennessee.APWA.net continuing education and Chapter
At the top right of the website, you
will see upcoming Chapter and National
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