Thank you to our National Public Works Week Team!
As we celebrate our work and move toward the next project, we wanted to take a moment to personally recognize and thank those for their dedication to bringing this event to fruition.
ECO-TIP: SUNFLOWERS AT MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY BRING MESSAGE OF BEAUTY FROM COMPOST
Eco-tip: Sunflowers at Museum of Ventura County bring message of beauty from compost David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star Local artist Paul Lindhard usually works with stone and produces installations on a monumental scale, but his latest vision, coming into formation during the next few weeks at the Museum of Ventura County, involves the…
ECO-TIP: STUDENTS CAN DIG INTO PUBLIC WORKS WEEK WITH TONS OF ONLINE MATERIAL
Eco-tip: Students can dig into Public Works Week with tons of online material by David Goldstein, PWA – IWMD Special to Ventura County Star This week is Public Works Week, and the American Public Works Association’s 2021 theme, “Stronger Together,” fits well with the way local educators are working. Despite the pandemic, they are collaborating…
Stronger Together
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ECO-TIP: VENTURA COUNTY COMPOST COMPETITION REWARDS AND EDUCATES
Eco-tip: Ventura County compost competition rewards and educates David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star A new, local environmental group is organizing a competition to promote composting and hoping the competition will become an annual event. The Ventura County Compost Network, a group of local commercial composting businesses, gardening stores, nonprofits, farmers and others, recently…
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | COMPOST HAPPENS
EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT | COMPOST HAPPENS Apr 14, 2021 | David Goldstein by David Goldstein, VCPWA, IWMD “Compost happens” is the environmental twist on a more famous, but less positive aphorism about life. Actually, compost does not happen when we put yard clippings and food waste in a landfill. Modern landfills minimize biodegradation to…
BILINGUAL REPORT – COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HELPS VCPWA RECEIVE FIRST STATEWIDE GRANT FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Bilingual report — Community Feedback Helps Ventura County Public Works Agency Receive First Statewide Grant for Pedestrian Improvement Project by Community Contributor • April 15, 2021 VCPWA receives over six million dollars in state funding for the El Rio Pedestrian Improvement and Safe Routes to School Project VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Public Works Agency’s…
SAVE THE DATE for our Virtual Public Works Week-May 16-22
Save the Date for our Virtual Public Works Week: May 16-22 This year’s Public Works Week, May 16-22, will once again be a virtual event! Our team ambassadors are working diligently to put together a virtual tour of the favorite activities, demonstrations, and materials we have showcased over the years at our in-person event. This…
Meet Our Employees of the Quarter!
Help us recognize Nathaniel Summerville and Miguel Arambula as our Employees of the Quarter!
Project Feature: Real Estate Team Helps in Bringing Vaccinations to the Community
With the push to vaccinate residents in their local communities, Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Central Services (VCPWA-CS), stepped in to help with an accelerated county-wide vaccination roll out.