Celebrate Public Works Week with Concord General Services

The American Public Works Association annually hosts National Public Works Week to promote the importance of public works services. This year, National Public Works Week is May 20-26, 2018 and the theme, "the Power of Public Works," celebrates the impact of the many facets public works provides to determine a community’s quality of life. Public works professionals contribute services that are indispensable to our way of life.

The City of Concord’s public works services are performed by Concord General Services. A summary of these services include trash and recycling collection, providing clean drinking water, processing wastewater to maintain public health and the quality of the Merrimack River, public property maintenance, servicing City equipment and vehicles, snow plowing, and maintaining roads and City water systems. These services provide resources to the Concord community that we have grown accustomed to having every day.

The Mayor of the City of Concord, Jim Bouley, has signed a proclamation to declare May 20-26, 2018 as this year’s Public Works Week for Concord, New Hampshire in recognition of the contributions of public works.

Kick-off Public Works Week with Concord General Services on Monday, May 22nd with their Public Works Twitter Party from 2:00pm to 3:00pm at www.twitter.com/ConcordNHGS. Tweet along using #NPWW to join the national conversation about public works.

The public can also attend Concord General Services’ 2nd annual Concord Public Works Celebration on Tuesday, May 23rd from 11:00am to 12:30pm at Memorial Field. It is a free event for the public to celebrate National Public Works Week with the community’s public works department. The event will include live demonstrations, Touch-A-Truck, Battle of the Backhoe, games, music by Nazzy Entertainment DJs featuring 98.3 WLNH, and more! Come meet Concord General Services’ new mascot, “Public Works Pup,” and some of the dedicated public works employees that provide the vital resources for our community. It is going to be an event you will not want to miss!

Visit www.concordnh.gov/generalservices for more information about National Public Works Week and Concord’s public works department.