Since 1960, APWA has sponsored National Public Works Week. Across North America, our more than 31,000 members in the U.S. and Canada use this week to energize and educate the public on the importance of public works to their daily lives: planning, building, managing and operating at the heart of their local communities to improve everyday quality of life.
The theme for 2025, “People, Purpose, Presence,” highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve in their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works its sense of purpose. Many times, public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted because when things are going right, no one knows that public works is there. Yet, with or without fanfare, public works is ever present, working in the background to advance quality of life for all.
Public Works organizations, and their communities, will be celebrating the hard work of their local public service professionals. Ask your local PW Director how you can help celebrate!
You can read more about this opportunity to recognize and appreciate your local public works professionals here.