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Each year, APWA presents the Public Works Projects of the Year awards to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects, recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the contractor, the consultant, and their cooperative achievements. Learn about the 2024 Public Works Projects of the Year: https://brnw.ch/21wLbxK
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Join us July 30th for a webinar with FEMA! We'll be talking funding, disaster recovery, and how FEMA can directly assist public works. Reserve your spot to this FREE webinar today! https://lnkd.in/gTxCTKs2
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Thank you to Samantha Silverberg, Deputy Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Implementation for meeting with the APWA Big Cities/Counties Group at the White House. Myrna Dayton David Clark Bethany Bezak Joey Paskey, P.E., PTOE Tim Sexton, AICP Eric Lopez Michael Shaw Gary Losier Madeline Male
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Great to be with this group talking about leadership, unhoused residents, future of AI in local and state government, technical projects and IIJA (BIL) funding and implementation.
Our Big Cities Big Counties group is back in D.C. to talk all-things public works. We are hosting #publicworks directors from the country's largest communities - Mark Pestrella, P.E., Joey Paskey, P.E., PTOE, Tim Sexton, AICP, David Clark, to name a few. BCBC started today hearing from Zealan Hoover, senior advisor to the EPA administrator.
Our Big Cities Big Counties group is back in D.C. to talk all-things public works. We are hosting #publicworks directors from the country's largest communities - Mark Pestrella, P.E., Joey Paskey, P.E., PTOE, Tim Sexton, AICP, David Clark, to name a few. BCBC started today hearing from Zealan Hoover, senior advisor to the EPA administrator.
Our Marty Williams recently visited the APWA Tennessee Chapter and the Middle Tennessee Branch ... and made "local news!" Thanks for the write-up. Good reminder that our government affairs team will visit your APWA chapter, too. You just have to ask 😀
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This morning, CABT Law Enforcement Board member, Chief Steve Casstevens--past president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police--went on-air with KMOX | Audacy News, St. Louis to voice his concens with the dangers posed by active semi-truck size and weight increase proposals from members of congress. Listen to the interview here: https://lnkd.in/eZkWMYzd
What public works pros are keeping an eye on as Congress debates FY25 appropriations, plus grant opportunities from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Transportation & U.S. Department of Homeland Security in this week's APWA Washington Report: https://lnkd.in/edDqjGqA
Congrats, City of Belmont CA DPW! #accreditationnation #publicworksmakesithappen
📢 Exciting News! Join us at the City Council meeting to recognize Belmont Public Works! 📢 🗓 Date: July 9, 2024 🕖 Time: 7:00 PM 📍 Location: City Council Chambers, 1 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA We are thrilled to invite you to a very special City Council meeting where we will be acknowledging a remarkable achievement! Our Public Works Department has received American Public Works Association (APWA) Accreditation, a prestigious recognition of their dedication and excellence in serving our community. The purpose of accreditation is to promote excellence in the operation and management of a public works agency, its programs, and its employees. Accreditation is designed to assist the agency in the continuous improvement of operations and management, and in providing a valid and objective evaluation of agency programs as a service to the public and the profession. Belmont Public Works is the eighteenth agency in the State of California to receive APWA accreditation. Come and celebrate this milestone with us, learn about the incredible work our Public Works team has done, and show your support for the people who keep our city running smoothly every day. 📣 Spread the word and bring your friends and family! 📣 #CommunityPride #APWAAccreditation
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FHWA announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity with an availability of up to $784 million of FY 2023 through 2026 funding for the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program also known as Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) Program. This program funds projects that would improve anadromous fish passage by mitigating AOP barriers posed by transportation facilities/appurtenances such as culverts. The application, project criteria, and other information on the Culvert AOP Program NOFO are found at: https://bit.ly/3VXpWja