Spring Conference

Join us May 7-9 at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa for the 2025 Spring Conference! 

Location: Grand View Lodge, Nisswa
Fee: $595 members  |  $645 non-members  - Includes meals (Wednesday dinner through Friday breakfast) and breaks, education sessions and materials
Lodging: Reserve lodging directly with Grand View Lodge. Scroll down for rates and details. 
Lodging Deadline: April 7, 2025
Registration Deadline: May 2, 2025
Exhibits: There is no exhibit hall component of the spring conference

Register

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Download the conference brochure for full session descriptions and conference details - scroll down for Schedule at a Glance.

The 2025 Spring Conference is one you won't want to miss! The program will feature many timely topics, including recruitment, community project impacts, emergency response and media management, and more. Attendees are invited to participate in on-site and off-site chapter service projects on Thursday afternoon: parks improvements with the City of Nisswa or making tied blankets and assembling care packages for those in need. As always, there will be plenty of time for networking and recreation on the shores of Gull Lake, including a four-person scramble golf event and mountain biking on Wednesday prior to conference kick-off.

Lodging

Grand View Lodge has set aside a number of cabins and rooming options for APWA-MN conference attendees. View cabins in the APWA-MN room block here; cabins circled in red are included in our room block. Include any specific cabin request in the Special Requests section of your reservation.

Lodging reservations must be made directly with Grand View Lodge using this link: grandviewlodge.formstack.com/forms/apwa_spring_conference_2025. Disability accommodations are available upon request; contact Grand View Lodge at 866.801.2951.

Make your lodging reservations no later than April 7, 2025; space may not be available after this date.

Lodging rates per night: $179++/single occupancy  |  $104++/double occupancy

Note: In multi-bedroom units, single occupancy is defined as one person per bedroom/bathroom while sharing common living areas. Double occupancy is defined as two people per bedroom and sharing a bathroom. In multi-bedroom units, the reservation will be charged for all bedrooms within the unit whether or not they are occupied. Single bedroom units occupied by one person will be charged the single occupancy rate. Single bedroom units with two beds can be occupied by two people, each billed the double occupancy rate. 

Schedule At a Glance
 
Wednesday, May 7
 
11:00 am: Golf Event 
Noon: Mountain Biking
3:00 pm: Registration and Check-In
4:30 pm: Young Professionals Happy Hour
5:00 pm:   Reception
6:00 pm:   Dinner
6:45 pm:  Welcome and Keynote: Leadership: The Intangible It
 
Thursday, May 8
 
Breakfast in Main Lodge
8:00 am: Welcome
8:05 am: Vantage Point
9:50 am: Innovative Recruiting Efforts
10:50 am: Education & Training Committee Presentations, Recognition of Leadership Academy Graduates
10:50 am: Update on the MN Advisory Council on Infrastructure (MACI)
11:30 am: MN Transportation Alliance Update
11:40 am: Chapter Business Meeting 
12:15: Lunch
1:30 pm: Chapter Service Projects: Parks Improvements with the City of Nisswa (off-site) or Tied Blankets and Care Packages (on-site)
6:15 pm: Reception 
7:00 pm: Design-Your-Own Dinner and Trivia Up North with Chris and Eric
 
Friday, May 9
 
Breakfast in Main Lodge
9:00 am: Welcome
9:05 am: Planning for Community Project Impacts: What You Need to Know
10:20 am: Rapidan Dam Emergency Response and Media Management
Noon: Adjourn
 
Questions 
Mary Detloff, CAE, Crescendo Consulting Solutions
Conference Planning Consultant
mary@crescendoconsultingsolutions.com
612.597.7899