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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Submit Nominations for TCAPWA Awards
The Awards Committee is seeking Frank Kirk Meritorious Service Award: service to the Tennessee Chapter of the
nominations from our chapter members Established in Frank Kirk’s honor, the APWA.
and friends for TCAPWA’s 2018 Annual Meritorious Service Award acknowledges
Awards. Please take a few minutes of your the important role that APWA members Charles Walter Nichols Award: The purpose
time to nominate someone for the awards in private enterprise and academic of the Charles Walter Nichols Award is to
listed below. It is a quick and easy way to institutions play in providing Public recognize outstanding and meritorious
honor someone who you think has done a Works facilities and services. This award achievements in the Public Works Field. A
good job for your agency and TCAPWA. is based on the quality, efficiency, or recipient must be an active member of
cost-effectiveness of services provided by APWA and must be engaged in full-time
TCAPWA Project of the Year: This award public agencies. employment by a political subdivision of
recognizes a project in a Tennessee city a state or province. The field of activity
that epitomizes outstanding planning, W. Larry Eddins Award: Established in Larry for this award is sanitation in the broadest
construction and management. This Eddins’ honor, this award recognizes sense: street sanitation, refuse collection
project becomes the Tennessee Chapter’s the Tennessee Chapter’s nominee and disposal, sewers, sewage treatment,
nomination to the National APWA Top for the APWA’s Harry Swearingen and water supply and treatment.
Ten Projects of the Year. Award. Harry Swearingen (1900-1950)
worked untiringly on behalf of the Award of Merit: The Award of Merit
Edward C. Archer Young Public Works Leader association and its purposes and was the recognizes the dedicated service of the
of the Year Award: Established in Ed state co-chairman for the association in Public Works or related agency personnel
Archer’s honor, this award is presented California. This award is made to that at the operations level who perform
to an individual, who over the person’s person who deserves recognition for their responsibilities in an exceptionally
young professional career, has contributed work performed on behalf of the APWA efficient and courteous manner.
to the advancement of Public Works and through his/her chapter.
TCAPWA. The recipient must be 35 years Please submit your nominations to
of age or younger and shall be active Roger Clark Award: Established in Roger holland_j@chattanooga.gov by August 31.
in TCAPWA including participation in Clark’s honor, this award recognizes the Recipients of these awards will be
meetings and activities at the branch and Tennessee Chapter’s nominee for APWA’s announced at the TCAPWA/SWANA
chapter levels. Special Service Award for dedication and Annual Conference in Nashville,
October 21-23.
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