APAC paves the way for Pacesetters

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard

Pacesetters director Julia Boyd is all smiles as APAC-TN paves the facility’s parking lot free of charge, donating the labor and materials to the local non-profit organization. (Charles W. Johnson photo)

Pacesetters of Warren County recently received some welcome and much-needed work on the facility’s parking lot when local paving company APAC-TN paved the lot free of charge, donating the materials and labor to provide the service to the local non-profit organization.

Pacesetters director Julia Boyd said the paving would offer more than one benefit to Pacesetters’ clients.

“We had several deep holes out there,” she said, “and we’ve had lots of trouble with our vans. Then APAC came out and they flattened all this out for us, and they’re going to pave 20 feet out for us, and that’s going to be very helpful, especially with the maintenance on the vans and the convenience of the individuals, because a lot of them do have unsteady gaits.”

Boyd said much of the thanks went to the county executive.

“Kenneth Rogers has been working on this for several months to try to help us out,” she said.

Boyd said the facility was grateful for everyone’s help and found it very encouraging.

APAC employees said they were glad to provide the service, and their reasons were simple.

“We thought we’d just help out the people out here and give them a place to park and keep them out of the mud, and hopefully make their lot drain a little better,” said APAC field superintendent Patrick McClanahan. “They had some mud-holes out here and we took care of that. It’s just helping out people who are in need, helping out the community, and sort of paying back the community for all the good that this county has done for APAC.”