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May/June 2023 • VOL. 41 NO. 1

Tennessee Public Works Magazine
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5 Join Us In San Diego! 18 Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful Removes 6,742

6 MACNet in Blount County, Four Years Later Pounds of Trash from Bassmaster Classic Shorelines
Nearly four years after we did a story on Blount County’s Volunteers, under the direction of Keep the Tennessee
River Beautiful, and with support from Yamaha Rightwaters,
efforts to grow as a “Smart City,” we check back in with removed 6,742 pounds of trash from Bassmaster Classic
its leaders to find “what changed “after 150 miles of fiber shorelines and waters earlier this year.
connected every municipal building in Alcoa, Maryville, and
the rest of Blount County. It’s collectively called the Maryville- 19 Contributors to the Issue
Alcoa-County Network, or MACNet.
20 The PFAS Debate: What You Need To Know
8 A Fourth Traffic Signal “White Light” Proposed for Public Works
North Carolina State University researchers are proposing Cannon & Cannon’s environmental services team leads a
adding a fourth signal “white light” to the conventional discussion on PFAS (manufactured chemicals identified as
red-green-yellow configuration. It would enable future per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a large class of man-
autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow while letting made chemicals widely used in household and workplace
human drivers know what to do. items.
10 TPWI Class Schedule and Registration Form 23 Public Works Spotlight: Chad Weth
Announcing the Tennessee Public Works Institute 2023/24 Director of Public Service, City of Knoxville
classes. Registration is now open.
24 Public Works Spotlight: Sara Lock
12 Murphy Snoderly Award Call for Nominations 2023 Public Works Director, City of Hendersonville
The recipient of this award must be an operations level or 26 Upper East Branch Meets at TopGolf
“working person” employee.
Sponsored by LDA Engineering
14 Calling for Nominations for the 2023 Tennessee
Chapter Annual Awards 27 Lower East Branch Hosts Lunch & Learn
Please take a few minutes to nominate someone for the Sponsored by Stringfellow Inc.
annual awards. It is an easy way to honor someone who has 28 2023 Application for TCAPWA College Scholarships
done a good job for your agency, APWA and TCAPWA. The TCAPWA Scholarship was established to promote
16 National Public Works Week Poster the profession of Public Works and to assist Public Works
APWA produces a poster each year in honor of National employees or their children in Tennessee.
Public Works Week. The full-size poster is available to 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
purchase online at NPWW.APWA.net. TPW Magazine has
included in this issue a smaller version that you may remove Cover: The 2023 National Public Works Week Poster. For
and display during your NPWW celebration. details on how to purchase your copy, visit NPWW.APWA.net.

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