The launch of a new career mentoring program for public-works professionals was the headline event at the annual American Public Works Association convention, which was held in Denver on Sept. 18-21 and attended by more than 6,000 APWA members.

The association has created the Donald C. Stone Center, named for the federal planner who founded APWA in 1937. It supports career education and organizes the association’s 96 newly inaugurated Fellows to mentor industry professionals.