Events
May 2025 – Open House Events
As 2025 events are planned for local celebrations of National Public Works Week, they will be added on this page as well as to our event calendar.
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.
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Past events
9:00AM to 1:00PM
Auburn Public Services
269 Gracelawn Road, Auburn Maine
Equipment displays, storm water demonstrations, engineering demonstrations, free food, bouncy slide for the kids, raffles and games.
Freeport Public Works
7 Hunter Road, Freeport Maine
Equipment displays, facility tour, light refreshments
Standish Public Works
150 Moody Rd, Standish Maine
Equipment displays, facility tours, refreshments, giveaway’s for kids
Windham Public Works
185 Windham Center Road, Windham Maine
Equipment displays, facility tours, informational displays – Food drive “Fill the bucket” to benefit the local food pantry.
Yarmouth Public Works
56 North Rd, Yarmouth Maine
Equipment displays – Public Works, Police, Fire, Rescue, Marine Patrol, Pollution Control, Parks & Recreation, Water District. Food drive to benefit the Yarmouth food pantry “Fill the bucket” – will actually be filling a loader bucket. (In need of cereals, canned soups, stews and sauces, paper products & personal care items)
Come learn about – Operation Life Saver (RR Crossing Safety), Storm Water (from the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District), Food Waste Composting (Yarmouth Recycling Committee) Code Red (emergency notification system), CHIP – Comprehensive Child Identification Program.
Door prizes – Free Food (Complements – Yarmouth Fire Association) Bring the Kids!
Other Events
Portland Public Services
Equipment Displays on Baxter Boulevard during Baxter Boulevard Sunday – come walk the Boulevard and view static equipment displays from Portland Public Services – May 17th
Scarborough Public Works
School Field Trip to Public Works Garage – May 21st, 9:30Am to 10:30 AM