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5 Momentum Starts With One Move – 13 City of Germantown’s “Snout & About” -
Let’s Take It Now! A Howling Success
Kimberly Strong, 2025 TCAPWA President, updates us on The City of Germantown’s Engineering Department recently
the status of her platform target areas, ongoing plans for a adopted a unique approach to getting pets adopted…and a
Retired Member Outreach Committee and Young Professionals cure for “ruff days” at work. In tandem with the Germantown
Committee, May’s Strategic Planning Session, and more. Animal Shelter, the program receives “paws-sitively” glowing

6 Underground Innovation: Trenchless Pipe reviews for stress relief among canines and humans alike.
Rehabilitation Solutions Across Tennessee 14 TPWI 2025 Class Schedule & Registration Form

Walker explains how its trenchless pipe rehabilitation delivers TPWI Classes are scheduled and registration is underway for
stormwater solutions for challenging statewide projects. the two remaining 2025 dates.
When compared to the traditional dig and replace method, 15 Columbia - Christmas Wish Comes True - Plus
this technology has minimal site impacts and significantly The City of Columbia helped make a young boy's Christmas
expedited project timelines.
wish come true and then welcomed him for a visit to the Public
8 Public Works Spotlight: Josh Russell, Works Department to tour the facility and trucks.
Public Works Director, Town of Collierville 16 National Public Works Week In May:
In his 18th year of working in Public Works for the Town of Let’s Celebrate!
Collierville, Josh Russell said one of the valuable aspects of his Proclamations, open houses, exhibits and competitions are
TCAPWA membership includes relationships built with other some ways municipalities can celebrate National Public Works
professionals around the state.
Week. Here’s a colorful pull-out poster for your office.
10 Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful:
Removes 200,000 lbs. of Trash in ‘24 18 Upcoming TCAPWA/SWANA Conference

Meets Early This Year: Sept. 22-24
In 2025, Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTnRB) aims
to remove 1 million pounds of trash & recycle, and 1 million Registration opens May 1 for the upcoming Conference hosted
cigarette butts, thanks to support from generous businesses by Germantown at the Memphis Hilton Hotel and Conference
such as Clayton Home Building Group®. So far this year, joint Center. Check out everything the committee has planned for
efforts have rallied 4,540 volunteers to remove 836,296 lbs. of you.
trash at 208 cleanups. 23 Contributors

12 It’s Time for the Annual Murphy Snoderly 24 2025 TCAPWA Annual Awards Call for Nominations
Award Nominations 26 Lower East Branch; Middle Branch; West Branch
It’s time to nominate a worthy employee for the Annual Murphy
Snoderly Award. The deadline for nominations if May 30, 2025. 28 TCAPWA 2025 Scholarship Application
Nominations can be made by email or online.
30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide

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