{"id":8812,"date":"2017-05-10T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2017-05-10T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:23:00","slug":"wsdot-aviation-receives-presidents-award-honors-from-washington-airport-management-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/washington\/wsdot-aviation-receives-presidents-award-honors-from-washington-airport-management-association\/%20","title":{"rendered":"WSDOT Aviation receives \u201cPresident\u2019s Award\u201d honors from Washington Airport Management Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4183\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 170px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4183\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/tristan akins.jpg\" alt=\"Tristan Atkins\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Tristan Atkins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Washington State Department of Transportation is the recipient of the 2017 President\u2019s Award from the Washington Airport Management Association (WAMA). This marks the first time WAMA has recognized a state agency with the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the entire WSDOT Aviation staff, I couldn\u2019t be more grateful \u2013 not only for receiving this award &#8211; but for our valued partnership with WAMA,\u201d said WSDOT Director of Aviation Tristan Atkins. \u201cOur strong relationship with WAMA, and with airports around the state, is truly what enables our successes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The honor recognizes the WSDOT Aviation team for managing major aviation projects and legislative efforts while also administering day-to-day programs that enable crucial airport projects and planning efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am impressed with the proactive approach and \u2018above and beyond\u2019 attitude of WSDOT Aviation\u2019s staff in supporting airports and aviation interests,\u201d said Arif Ghouse, WAMA president. \u201cIt was my pleasure to have selected the entire staff for the 2017 President\u2019s Award. It was well-deserved, and I look forward to our continued partnership with WSDOT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WSDOT Aviation staff members accepted the award during a special ceremony at the WAMA Spring Conference on May 3 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Department of Transportation is the recipient of the 2017 President\u2019s Award from the Washington Airport Management Association (WAMA). This marks the first time WAMA has recognized a state agency with the award. \u201cOn behalf of the entire WSDOT Aviation staff, I couldn\u2019t be more grateful \u2013 not only for receiving this award [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8813,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8812\/revisions\/8813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}