APWA Georgia Chapter

Georgia Certificate of Public Works Management (CPWM) program - Athens January 28-31, 2020

Photos from our 2018 Annual Meeting and CPWM Training:http://georgia.apwa.net/Content/Chapters/georgia.apwa.net/Documents/2018%20GA%20Chapter%20Meeting%20Photo%20Album.pdf

Congrats to Drew Raessler (Athens-Clarke County) and John Howard (DeKalb County) for graduating the APWA National Emerging Leaders Academy. Drew and John were recently recognized as graduates from the GA Chapter at PWX in Kansas City.

The final day of the APWA Georgia Chapter Annual Meeting ended with a volunteer sustainability project to install beach fencing to facilitate the restoration of natural sand dunes. This project took place at St. Simons Island beach access #20 and was coordinated by Glynn County Public Works in cooperation with Georgia DNR. These improvements will help address flooding and sand intrusion issues which have been frequently problematic at this location. The heat was intense, but our APWA Georgia volunteers were stronger!!

This evening we honored the best achievements in Public Works from the past year. Projects, Leaders, and Awareness efforts from the Public Works profession were recognized for excellence as well as graduates of the CPWM program. The ceremony featured a keynote address from The City of Dublin Mayor Phil Best, and tickets sold out to the event. It was an excellent night of celebration for Public Works in Georgia!

Thursday’s Annual Meeting general sessions included a statewide transportation update from Georgia Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Mike Dover and a fascinating presentation from VP of Structures Adam Grist of CW Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. on the I-85 rebuild project. Excellent presentations from Georgia’s transportation leaders.

Want to know about Public Works incident response during Georgia’s biggest events (i.e. 2019 Super Bowl, Peachtree Road Race, the Masters Tournament, UGA Gameday, and Savannah’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade)? You should have attended the 67th APWA Georgia Chapter Annual Meeting. Amazing panel presentation from City of Atlanta, Augusta, Athens, and Savannah Public Works representatives.

We’re providing three days of training for public works officials this week at the APWA Georgia Chapter’s 2018 Annual Meeting on Jekyll Island! We partner with APWA to offer professional development training for public works officials throughout the state. Learn more at https://t.uga.edu/4hW.

The 67th Annual Meeting of the APWA Georgia Chapter kicked off yesterday with a vendor rapid fire presentation highlighting new technologies in the Public Works field. Today, we were briefed by incoming APWA National President Elect Bill Spearman and Board Member Stan Brown as well as GEMA on emergency planning. Lunch session will be a legislative update from ACCG and GMA. The conference continues through Friday.