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Tennessee Public Works Magazine
Online at tnpublicworks.com

5 Join Us For PWX Atlanta! 16 National Public Works Week Poster
Register now for PWX in Atlanta and for the Tennessee APWA produces a poster each year in honor of National
Chapter Dinner at Amalfi Cucina & Mercato Italian Public Works Week. The full-size poster is available to
Restaurant. purchase online at NPWW.APWA.org. TPW Magazine has

6 Collegedale’s Old Retention Pond included in this issue a smaller version that you may remove
Now Swims with the Fishes and display during your NPWW celebration.
Go fish. An old city-owned Collegedale retention pond, 19 Upper East Branch Meeting
previously dubbed by locals as “the duck pond,” has been
given an extended and improved life for a new generation of 20 West Branch Meeting
fishermen and women.
22 Lower East Branch
8 UT MTAS: Serving Tennessee Cities and Towns
for 75 Years 24 Murphy Snoderly Award Nominations
In 1949, Herb Bingham, executive director of the Tennessee It’s time to nominate a deserving public servant for the annual
Municipal League (TML), introduced legislation creating a Murphy Snoderly Award.
progressive concept of an agency to provide technical advice 25 Contributors to the Issue
and assistance to Tennessee municipalities. It’s still going
strong at 75 years. 26 Calling for Nominations for the 2024 Chapter

10 Knoxville Job Fair and Career Expo a Success Annual Awards and the Mark Miller Public Works
More than 100 participants attended Knoxville’s first-ever Project of the Year Award
Job Fair and Career Expo, many of them applying for jobs, via Please take a time to nominate someone for the annual
either the onsite application process, or following the event. awards. It is an easy way to honor someone who has done a
12 Collier Engineering: Continued Growth good job for your agency, APWA and TCAPWA.
for Four+ Decades 28 2024 Application for TCAPWA College Scholarships
A family-owned, multi-disciplinary consulting company The TCAPWA Scholarship was established to promote
since 1981, Collier Engineering prides itself in “serving the profession of Public Works and to assist Public Works
communities with solutions that last.” employees or their children in Tennessee.

14 TPWI Class Schedule and Registration Form 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
Announcing the Tennessee Public Works Institute 2023/24
classes. Registration is now open. Cover: Representatives of several municipalities and businesses met
with Governor Bill Lee and Senator Becky Massey on the Capitol steps
15 Recap: TPWI Construction Inspection Class to proclaim Public Works Week: May 19-25 in Tennessee. Thanks
The Construction Inspection in Public Works Class of the to Governor Lee and Senator Massey for taking time out of their
Tennessee Public Works Institute (TPWI) was held earlier schedules to meet with us and to so many public works professionals
this year, with 24 students, representing eight agencies. for sharing in the photo opp.

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