t takes a special breed to get into the public
works business.
I
The tasks include helping to plot the course of a
municipality for the next five, 10, 20 or more
years, while simultaneously keeping an eye on
perpetually urgent day-to-day matters. The
challenges include the fact that those daily
matters will generate mountains of stress, with
nary a congratulation in sight.
Walla Walla’s public works staff pursuing
great things in anonymity
| BusinessWorld | 61
June-July 2014