In the December issue, President Crombie has contributed an excellent article about the importance of preparing PW leaders and managers.

"The Road to Excellence" continues the leadership and management series of articles in the Reporter. It's in the December issue on page 10.

The January issue is at the printer! More than a dozen articles covering emergency management in public works. Biggest January issue ever!

APWA's Emerging Leaders Academy is a viable option for those individuals who show the great potential to be future leaders. See Dec., p. 16.

Could a mustache save Christmas? The Woodridge (Illinois) Public Works Department believed it could. Read about it in the Dec. issue, p. 25.

Valerie Shaw contributed a great article for the December issue (p. 30) on promoting the contributions of public works to the community.

This has been a great year for the APWA Reporter. More pages and articles than ever! We're looking forward to next year. Happy New Year!

The January issue was mailed last week. Biggest January issue ever; 72 pages and more than a dozen emergency management articles. Enjoy!

In his column in the January issue (pages 2-4), APWA President George Crombie covers the three stages of disaster planning. Great article!

APWA partners with the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Association for the 2011 Snow Conference. Read about it in the January issue, p. 10.

Future Cities is the nation's largest engineering education program. Read the excellent article about it in the November issue on p. 12.

We ran more articles in the Reporter in 2010 than in any previous year. See pages 14-19 in the January issue for a list of all the articles.

The Reporter's leadership and management series continues with "The Road to Excellence" in the January issue. The first article is on p. 22.

APWA's Snow Conference is a great investment, as President Crombie says in the November issue. Next year's show is in Spokane, April 10-13.

Winter Maintenance Subcommittee Chair, Mark DeVries, contributed three great articles for our November issue. Read them on pp. 8, 10 and 32.

Is utilizing students in the workplace a good thing? You bet it is! Read about all the great benefits in the November issue on pages 20-21.

Anyone interested in snowplow roadeos should read Bill Kappel's article in the November issue (p. 36) about the Wisconsin Chapter Roadeo.

The December issue is at the printer! Our last issue of the year covers the important topic of leadership and management in public works.

Pre-Storm Strategy and Post-Storm Assessment meetings are excellent management practices. Check out the November issue's article on page 41.

Greetings to our magazine's followers. Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving. I'll be back to tackle the January issue after our short break.