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The past few months have included some trying times,
yet we’re also seeing bright spots of human kindness, 16 Team Technology and Psychology in
timesaving technology helping associations and students, “These Interesting Times”
and the conversion of “Granny’s Spring Tonic” (picture that
little brown jug)…into germ-killing hand sanitizer. Our “new normal” includes holding or attending an
increasing number of meetings via teleconferencing,
6 In Twisters’ Aftermath, Music City’s People webinars and virtual platforms. But digital programs are only
Stand Nashville Strong half the equation…we must manage our colleagues’ and
supervisors’ needs, expectations and goals at the same time.
Cortnye Stone of Metro Nashville Public Works reflects on
the mighty storm that ravaged Middle Tennessee, and on 20 The Wrong Tree in the Wrong Place
the resiliency of the people who worked hard to bring a Let Me Tell You What’s Not Working
sense of normalcy and hope in tragedy’s wake.
Looking for shade in all the wrong places? An urban forester
8 Heroes Don’t Always Wear Capes lists the planting of the wrong types of trees in the worst
locations, including under utility lines, and near existing and
When howling tornadoes ripped through the Middle proposed fire hydrants, underground utilities, and more.
Tennessee region, the City of Chattanooga Department of
Public Works began organizing aid for the Mt. Juliet area, 22 Biochar: Multiple Springtime Uses
sending two 10-person crews to assist with cleanup in the
disaster relief efforts. Many companies manufacture biochar in the marketplace,
but not all biochar is created equal. It’s a soil amendment,
10 CAC AmeriCorps Tackles Public Works, is used in building products and even can be added to
Serves as Training Ground anaerobic digestors to improve gas production in dairies.
Hundreds of participants yearly serve municipalities in 24 Public Works Advocacy At All Levels
environmental assistance, poverty alleviation and Public
Works outreach through CAC AmeriCorps Environmental, The role of advocacy in Public Works is encouraged locally,
AmeriCorps VISTA, Hands-On Nashville AmeriCorps and regionally and nationally for improvements in transportation
Appalachia Cares programs. infrastructure, water and wastewater infrastructure, public
utilities, and basic needs essential to every community.
14 “Test” Pavement Still Performing
Twenty Years After Application TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
26 West Branch Lunch & Learn in Bartlett
Engineers and Public Works departments value ways to 28 2020 TPWI Class Schedule
increase the life cycle of their road pavement. In this study,
the use of maltene-based asphalt rejuvenator (added to 29 Contributors
pavement) is revisited for its efficacy two decades after its
first application. 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
Cover: Nissan Stadium photo shows Metro Nashville Public Works
knuckleboom trucks with the contractor trucks in the distance.
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