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5 Celebrating Excellence 20 Memphis: Experience Its Music, Museums and More
Despite the pandemic, the Tennessee Chapter was awarded The Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel, site of this year’s
the President’s Award of Excellence for our work in 2020. TCAPWA/SWANA Annual Conference, is conveniently
located for easy exploration of many of Memphis’ top
6 National Public Works Week: May 16-22 tourism spots.
Public Works: Stronger Together
The City of Columbia, City of Germantown and City of 21 Shira Ann McWaters Remembered
Knoxville celebrate National Public Works Week with various One of just a handful of female Public Works Directors in
activities and lots of imagination. Tennessee, the late Shira McWaters is remembered for her
pioneering accomplishments, including improving the City of
8 Maintaining Links: ABC Techniques Benefit Oak Ridge’s essential infrastructure.
Urban, Rural Agencies
Gresham Smith discusses the merits of Accelerated Bridge 22 First Two Graduates Earn Water Quality
Construction (ABC) techniques, explaining the methodology Technology Degrees
recently used to repair two rural Robertson County bridges They’re 10 years apart, from different cities and with
with a minimum of traffic disruption. different experiences, but this summer Brad Bales and
Jaden Goodman became Pellissippi State Community
10 PW TIPS: Obtaining, Training College’s first two Water Quality Technology graduates.
New Public Works Professionals
Current economic conditions, the U.S. worker shortage and 24 Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
its impact on Tennessee’s present and future Public Works Hits Significant Milestones
Departments factor into this look at how one community is More than 2,500 volunteers working since 2016 helped
addressing these challenges with multi-pronged strategies. propel Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful past its first-time
milestone of 80,000 lbs. of trash removed from the river
12 Germantown in the Top 100 Best Fleets in America watershed within a year.
For the fifth year in a row, the City of Germantown’s Fleet
Services Department has been ranked 12th in the Top 100 TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
Best Fleets in America program. 26 2021 TPWI Class Schedule
27 West Branch Summer Gathering in June
14 Josh Russell: Helping People and
Playing with Trucks in Collierville 28 Upper East Branch Meets in June
Russell, at 34 years old, is the new Public Works Manager 29 Contributors to the Issue
for the Town of Collierville, and has enthusiastic goals for the
customer-service based division’s future. 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide

16 Memphis Conference Details On the Cover: Columbia celebrated NPWW in great style this year.
Pictured is Elliot, a big fan of the Columbia Sanitation Service.

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