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5 Annual Conference Highlights 20 TCAPWA/SWANA Annual Conference
This year’s TCAPWA/SWANA Conference in Nashville will Find registration and schedule information for this year’s
continue to build on a tradition of excellence. Here are some conference, set for October 21-23, in Nashville.
of the great events planned for October 21-23.
24 TCAPWA at the TML Conference in Knoxville
6 Composting Facility Gets Upgrade
The Tennessee Municipal League’s Annual Conference was
Sevier Solid Waste is already home to the largest co- held in Knoxville at the Knoxville Convention Center, June
composting facility in the United States. But now they’re 9-12.
taking another step towards zero waste with plastic and metal
recycling. 25 Young Professionals Gather in Chattanooga
8 How Smart is Your City? About 30 Young Professionals had fun with a baseball game
get-together in Chattanooga.
What does it take to make a Smart City? Experts at the March
2018 Smart Cities Connect Conference shared ways for cities 26 West Branch Meets at Morton Museum
to “get smart” and stay on the cutting edge of a data-driven
culture. The West Branch had 20 members and guests in attendance
at their quarterly meeting at the Collierville Morton Museum
12 Preparing for the Future of Mobility in Historic Downtown Collierville.
The time is now to get ready for the future of transportation. 27 Middle Branch Meets in Nashville
These notes from Stantec’s Design Spark workshop in
Nashville cover what to expect, where to invest resources and The Middle Branch had a great turnout for their luncheon,
how to plan. with guests from all over Middle Tennessee. Joseph Norris,
President of Precision Concrete Cutting, was the keynote
15 Walker Honored with Snoderly Award speaker.
Kirby Walker was recently presented with the 2018 Murphy 28 Submit Nominations for TCAPWA Awards
Snodderly Award, named for a long-time engineering and
Public Works consultant for the University of Tennessee The Awards Committee is seeking nominations from chapter
Municipal and Advisory Service. members and friends for TCAPWA’s 2018 Annual Awards. It’s
a quick and easy way to honor someone who you think has
16 New Home for Signal Mountain PW done a good job for your agency and TCAPWA. New this year
is the Technicians Competition to be held in August at the
Signal Mountain Public Works has a brand-new building, and APWA PWX in Kansas City, Missouri.
all the Public Works staff had an opportunity to be involved
from the very beginning of the process. 29 Contributors
17 Fleet and Service Collaboration 30 Local Government Buying Guide
Expert panelists at a recent Branch meeting answered
questions about the importance of collaboration between
Fleet and Service Divisions when making equipment
decisions. Read their answers here.
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