APRIL 2025 through their membership in the American Public Works Association (APWA). Charles is personally a director on the APWA Alberta Chapter board. He reports finding a lot of value in the “idea groups” that the association convenes. “We host those groups where a bunch of municipalities get together and discuss their issues, and discuss what other municipalities are doing to address those issues,” he explains. “Essentially, it’s a big roundtable meeting. We sit down and we go, ‘Hey, this is what I’m struggling with. If you have this struggle, what are you doing to solve it?’” “And every now and then we’ll have a supplier or service provider sponsor a lunch, and they can do a presentation on whatever their product is or whatever service they are providing,” he adds. “We have come across some very valuable solutions that way. Being part of the APWA has proven very useful.”
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