Celebrate Public Works Week May 20-26

Public Works Administration - May 21, 2007
Contact: Greg Turner, 727-8066

During National Public Works Week, May 20-26, Mayor Allen Joines and the members of the City Council encourage city residents to join them in honoring the dedicated men and women who provide for the city’s everyday needs as members of the city’s Public Works Department.

"Our public works employees rarely get the recognition they deserve," Joines said, "but imagine what our daily lives would be without them. I encourage all city residents to take this occasion to become better acquainted with the people who clean our streets, collect our garbage and yard waste, operate our landfills, install and maintain sewers, provide us with clean water, construct our storm drains, fix our pot holes, and maintain our traffic system."

Council Member Joycelyn Johnson, the chair of the council’s Public Works Committee, urged city residents to thank the public works employees they come across this week. "We owe our public works employees our gratitude for keeping Winston-Salem running smoothly from day to day," she said, "even when it means going out in the middle of the night to repair a broken water main or salt the streets before a winter storm."

At the City Council meeting on Monday, Joines will deliver a proclamation honoring the city’s public works employees.

Cities across the nation this month are celebrating National Public Works Week, organized by the American Public Works Association. Now in its 47th year, the association celebrates the hard work and dedication of the public works professionals.

The Public Works Administration web page