A Quick Look Back on
2017 to Know What is to Come for 2018
I believe the association is not alone in saying that 2017
was a pretty busy and crazy year. The amount of work for almost everyone I know
reached unprecedented levels in 2017, and, I’m afraid to say that 2018 looks to
be just as full and amazing with all the work that is to come.
2017 for the Utah Asphalt Pavement Association (UAPA)
brought about a heavy focus on seeing through to implementation a number of the
specifications that were worked on 2016. In addition to record numbers at the
Utah Asphalt Conference, the year saw UAPA reach out to all corners of the
state through our partners and others in providing regional conferences, plant
tours, lunch and learns, in-house briefings, site visits, and live
demonstrations of the latest technology and trends that our industry has to
offer.
Because of all these activities, active committees, and
strategic goals not yet met, the fact of the matter is this: UAPA has matured
to the point now that some changes are needed. That’s why I am excited to
announce that in 2018 UAPA will be securing its own office space and looking to
hire an office manager to help with all that we are doing and will yet do in
the near future and beyond.
This, no doubt, is a very big step for the association that
involves some risk, but I am glad to have the full support of UAPA’s Board of
Directors as we move forward into this uncharted territory for the association.
There will certainly be bumps along the way, but there is so
much more ahead of us that such steps must ultimately be taken. I’m so excited
to see these changes and many more through in 2018, and am very grateful and
honored to have worked with Association Solutions as a partner in helping to
get UAPA where it is today.
We may change an address and have a different view from the
new office window, but the goals and values of this association will remain the
same through our committed, unified voice for industry. Here’s to 2018!
-Reed Ryan
Executive Director
The Utah Asphalt Pavement Association