Chapter Leaders Announcements – August 2026

PWX 2026: Spotlight on Chapter Leader Sessions

Check out the sessions below specific to chapter leaders:

Saturday, August 29
7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Council of Chapters Meeting and Regional Meetings

(Your chapter delegate attends this pre-PWX meeting; invitations will be going out the week of June 22.)

Sunday, August 30
3–4:30 p.m.
Chapter Leader Forum, Convention Center, Room 360

This session will share ideas and strategies related to chapter best practices. This is also the time to network with other chapter leaders and ask questions you may have, and receive feedback on chapter-related issues from other chapter leaders.

Tuesday, September 1
2–4 p.m.
The Chapter Concierge Experience—How Can We Help?
Convention Center, Room 360

This session will be a deep dive into the chapter services that APWA provides, while also touching on resources from each area that affect each chapter, such as membership, chapter technology, marketing and communications, education, meetings and events, and finance.

Questions can be sent to chapterservices@apwa.org.

New Resources!

Sustainability and Resiliency Education Framework

The APWA Sustainability and Resiliency Committee developed the Sustainability and Resiliency Education Framework to support chapters in planning continuing education and professional development on these topics. Created with input from the committee and knowledge team members, and other APWA committees, the framework provides a common understanding of sustainability and resiliency in public works.

The framework is intended to help chapters identify education opportunities and support consistent terminology and messaging across APWA programs and resources. Chapters are encouraged to reference the framework when planning conferences, workshops, and other educational programming.

New Event Builder How-To Guide Available

Recent enhancements have been made to the event-building process in Fonteva. The updated How-To Guide covers the three new enhancements and provides step-by-step guidance for chapter leaders.

The revised Fonteva Event Builder Guide is available in Chapter Leader Resources. The training held on June 3 can be viewed by clicking here.

Questions can be sent to chapterservices@apwa.org.

APWA Accreditation Announcements

Accreditation is the mark of professionalism, indicating a public works agency has made a commitment to continuous improvement in delivering public works operations and services to its community. Accreditation recognizes an agency’s policies, procedures, and practices, which have been evaluated against nationally-recognized management practices determined to be appropriate for that specific agency.

The following public works agencies were accredited in July 2026:

Region 1

• Bedford, New Hampshire Department of Public Works—2nd accreditation

Region 4

• Coral Springs, Florida Department of Public Works—3rd accreditation

Region 5

• Bloomington, Indiana Department of Public Works—1st accreditation

Region 7

• Corinth, Texas Public Works Department—3rd accreditation
• DeSoto, Texas Public Utilities Department—1st accreditation
• Plano, Texas Public Works Department—6th accreditation
• Plano, Texas Engineering Department—6th accreditation
• University Park, Texas Public Works Department—3rd accreditation

To help chapters recognize and celebrate accredited and re-accredited agencies, we have provided a toolbox to help. The toolbox information can be found here: Promote APWA Accreditation: Chapter Outreach Resources.

For further information on APWA’s accreditation program, please feel free to contact Jeanette Klamm, Associate Director of Credentialing at accreditation@apwa.org.

Host a Certificate Program at Your Chapter

Discover the many benefits of hosting a certificate program at your chapter and get everything you need to put on a successful event. Click here to learn more.

Questions can be sent to education@apwa.org.

APWA Monthly Chapter Leader Training

The next APWA Chapter Leader Training will be held on September 14th at noon CT. The topic will be “Event Building—Fonteva and WordPress.”

Past Chapter Leader Training calls can be viewed by clicking here.

Invitations are sent to all chapter leaders approximately two weeks prior to the call. Questions can be sent to Jill Wilbeck.