Hello Central Florida Branch Members! This year has gone by so fast, and my term as the Chair is coming to an end in just a few short days! We had an acve fall kicking it off in September with our Branch Meeng and social at the Main Event in Orlando. We had so much fun bowling and playing video games, that we decided to make that an annual event. Then in October, we had a lunch-n-learn in Viera where Mike Wahlstedt of TranSystems presented on the 2 nd ever Diverging Diamond in the state located in Brevard County. We also had a small group volunteer at Give Kids the World on October 13. In November, we went to the UCF vs. Cincinna football game, not to menon the pre-game tailgang going on! December was our Holiday Meeng at Taverna Opa restaurant where we indulged in all the food and it was AMAZING!! A definite place to go back to! I would be remiss not to menon their belly dancer and our one and only Chair-elect, David Wilkison, dancing on the table! We have video to prove it… View Video. (Sorry, David… not really!) Then in January 2019 Chad Rishar and John Gilreath of DRMP presented on a Post-Hurricane Irma flood abatement project and Cate Thompson from ADS presented on flexible and rigid stormwater conveyance systems and gave us all a comprehensive tour of their plant in Winter Garden. On February 27, Raquel Floyd presented on controlling project risk through scheduling best pracces. Lastly, the Public Works Expo hosted by the Florida Chapter is going on as I write this arcle - April 15-19 in Daytona Beach, FL. The event started with the Central Florida Branch Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Tournament at the Spruce Creek Country Club located at 1900 County Club Drive, Port Orange, FL 32128. Then a variety of Technical Sessions designed to sharpen your skills, maximize producon and keep you on the cung edge of emerging technologies and products, as well as aend the Trade Show where you can acquire new tools, ps and techniques from the leading suppliers and manufacturers in the Public Works industry! Details and pictures of our last year are included in this newsleer. It has been a pleasure serving as the Chair for the Central Florida Branch this past year, and I am excited to serve as the Past Chair along side the upcoming officers. Note that our Vice Chair posion is currently vacant and we will be searching for an enthusiasc person to fill that role. Please contact me if you are interested! Please welcome in our 2019-2020 Officers: District Mike McCabe, P.E., Representave Melbourne Tillman Water Control District Chair David Wilkison, P.E., DRMP Chair-Elect Jusn Hetu, City of Kissimmee Vice Chair Vacant Secretary Angela Lawrence, Atkins N.A. Treasurer Althea Parrish, City of Sanford Past-Chair Elia Twigg, P.E., Consor Engineers Sincerely, Elia Twigg, P.E. Central Florida Branch Chair Young Professionals Membership Special Offer Expires April 30th See Page 13 for details Inside this issue: 2018/2019 Officers 2 GKTW Landscaping Volunteer Day 3 APWA Scholarship Cruise 2020 4 Upcoming Events 6 Past Lunch-n-Learns 7 Branch Summer Meeting at Main Event 8 National Public Works Week #NPWW 10 Current Membership Totals and New Members 11 Officers and Committee Chairs 12 All About APWA 13 April 2019 CONTACT Angela Lawrence Newsletter Editor [email protected]407.806.4203 Chairman’s Message The Central Florida Branch includes Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties Winter/Spring Edition
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Hello Central Florida Branch Members! This year has gone by so fast, and my term as the Chair is coming to an end in just a few short days! We had an active fall kicking it off in September with our Branch Meeting and social
at the Main Event in Orlando. We had so much fun bowling and playing video games, that we decided to make that an annual event. Then in October, we had a lunch-n-learn in Viera where Mike Wahlstedt of TranSystems presented on the 2nd ever Diverging Diamond in the state located in Brevard County. We also had a small group volunteer at Give Kids the World on October 13. In November, we went to the UCF vs. Cincinnati football game, not to mention the pre-game tailgating going on! December was our Holiday Meeting at Taverna Opa restaurant where we indulged in all the food and it was AMAZING!! A definite place to go back to! I would be remiss not to mention their belly dancer and our one and only Chair-elect, David Wilkison, dancing on the table! We have video to prove it… View Video. (Sorry, David…not really!) Then in January 2019 Chad Rishar and John Gilreath of DRMP presented on a Post-Hurricane Irma flood abatement project and Cate Thompson from ADS presented on flexible and rigid stormwater conveyance systems and gave us all a comprehensive tour of their plant in Winter Garden. On February 27, Raquel Floyd presented on controlling project risk through scheduling best practices.
Lastly, the Public Works Expo hosted by the Florida Chapter is going on as I write this article - April 15-19 in Daytona Beach, FL. The event started with the Central Florida Branch Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Tournament at the Spruce Creek Country Club located at 1900 County Club Drive, Port Orange, FL 32128. Then a variety of Technical Sessions designed to sharpen your skills, maximize production and keep you on the cutting edge of emerging technologies and products, as well as attend the Trade Show where you can acquire new tools, tips and techniques from the leading suppliers and manufacturers in the Public Works industry! Details and pictures of our last year are included in this newsletter. It has been a pleasure serving as the Chair for the Central Florida Branch this past year, and I am excited to serve as the Past Chair along side the upcoming officers. Note that our Vice Chair position is currently vacant and we will be searching for an enthusiastic person to fill that role. Please contact me if you are interested! Please welcome in our 2019-2020 Officers:
District Mike McCabe, P.E., Representative Melbourne Tillman Water Control District
Central Florida Branch supports Give Kids the World Quarterly Landscape Work Day! The CFB organizes a quarterly Landscape Work Day in which we work for half of the day (8:00am-
12:00pm) planting flowers in two of the landscaping beds in the Village. These landscaping beds surround
the Castle of Miracles, which includes the Star Tower, one of the most reverent places in the entire village.
The Give Kids the World Village was founded in 1986 to provide a week of paradise for families of children
The Central Florida Branch would like to THANK all of our current members and
WELCOME all of our NEW members who joined APWA during this quarter. We
would like to encourage input on how we can make our Branch better and we can
better provide you with better educational meetings and events. Please contact any-
one listed on the back page of this Newsletter. And we always have room for more
folks on our Branch Executive Committee.
The Branch is only as good as WE as a TEAM make it!
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