The 54th Annual Conference of the Virginia-District of Columbia-Maryland (and just recently added West Virginia) Chapter of the American Public Works Association will be held in Ocean City, Maryland, Wednesday, May 9 to Friday, May 11, 2012.

CLICK HERE  Register for the 2012 Conference!

The theme of the conference is “Waves of Change, Seas of Opportunity.” The theme aims to capture the challenges and opportunities facing the public works profession following the Great Recession. Conference technical sessions will be geared towards exploring and comparing sustainable policies and methods in this era of the “New Normal.” Considering these emerging trends, the Chapter believes that recognition of the importance of public works is vital in ensuring sustainable communities.

The event will be held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway. Negotiations with several oceanfront hotels near the Convention Center are underway. Reservation information will be announced as soon as a block of rooms and group rate have been confirmed.

Extra-curricular activities begin on Wednesday, May 9th. Golf and charter fishing are planned. So is a regional ROADEO where employees of public works agencies compete to show who is “boss” in the operation of heavy equipment.

The conference will open with a Wednesday night reception to meet and greet your fellow members and friends. The general agenda for the conference includes technical sessions through the day on Thursday followed by committee meetings and an evening banquet. Friday morning's agenda will include technical sessions, with door prizes prior to adjournment. Once again the Chapter will be offering CEUs for those who need such credits. A Chapter business meeting, election and installation of officers will be included earlier in the conference schedule.

The Princess Royale Hotel & Conference Center is the preferred hotel for the 2012 conference in Ocean City. Click Here to Book your room today! 
Step One: Click the reservation icon on the left side of the page
Step Two: Click “sign In”
Step Three: Click “groups”
Step Four: Enter your Group ID/ Password:
Group ID: 1895
Password: 37000882
Step Five:
Click “Make Registration”
Step Six: Follow instructions

** If someone is still interested in a topic or submitting an abstract, that Kenneth Eyre, keyre@greeley-hansen.com, no later than feb. 17, 2012.

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Awards Schedule at a Glance:
• Chapter Awards Due Date: January 31st
• National Awards Due Date: March 1st (Note: two awards have a different date - Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award February 1; PACE Award - June 1)
• Chapter Review and Ranking of Awards: January 31st to February 7th
          o NOTE: The chapter will endorse awards for Nationals based upon Chapter submittals.
• Chapter Awards Ceremony: Chapter Conference, May 9 – 11, 2012, Ocean City, MD

New to the Awards – Helpful information to start!:
1) Review an actual award winning submission!  Please click here to see the 2011 National Winner – Structures Category, $5M-$25M – Fairfax County Martha Washington Library

2) A brief description for each winner in each category for the National Awards can be found here

3)  You may also review this article (with similar information) at the online version of APWA Reporter

How to Submit:
Submissions may be emailed to Donald Cole, Awards Chair at Donald.cole@woolpert.com
For large submissions please forward four (4) hard copies to:
     Donald Cole, Woolpert
     676 Independence Parkway, Suite 100
     Chesapeake, VA 23320-5218

Chapter Awards only – please use the Word documents that is located here
Chapter and National Awards – National Awards are now submitted electronic only here . Since the Chapter is unable to access these and our due date is sooner than National, you must submit your chapter nomination separately, as outlined above. For your convenience, you may complete the nomination application form located on national’s website and submit that to the Chapter, along with your nomination information package. After review of submitted awards, the Chapter will provide an endorsement letter to select nominations that the nominees may then update their national nominations with.
For any nomination, please submit a picture of the person being nominated in a digital format.

What are the Categories?
Award Categories for this year are below. Chapter only awards are marked with a “**”.
• Community Involvement
• International Service
• Professional Manager Engineering and Technology
• Professional Manager Water Resources
• Young Leader
• ** Samuel Greeley Local Government Service Award
• ** Chapter Distinguished Service Award
• ** Public Contact Customer Service Award
• ** Non-public Contact Customer Service Award
• ** Donald S. Frady Award
• Robert S. Hopson Leadership Service Award
• Contractor and Consultant of the Year
• Technical Innovation and Management Innovation
• Literary Award
• Professional Manager of the Year Award Administrative Management
• Public Works Project of the Year (Same sub-categories as National Awards)
• Excellence in Education
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Scholarships
2012 Scholarships for HS Grads, College Undergrad & Grad StudentsMore InformationThe newly revitalized Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the release of our FY2012 Scholarship Fund for High School Graduates, College Undergraduate and Graduate students. The Board is excited to offer two $2,500 scholarships to deserving students based on criteria established in the attached application. Our committee looks forward to reviewing many qualified applicants that need funding for the 2012/2013 school year. Click Here for more information.
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