The 2023 Annual SASPTA Conference is all wrapped up! This year’s conference was held in vibrant downtown Chattanooga, TN. This year’s attending members included valuation experts from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Attendees were welcomed by Hamilton County’s Assessor of Property Marty Haynes. Guest speakers included Richard Sullivan, Director of Tax for AT&T; Toby Reese, Managing Director for Kroll; Josh Cupit, Indirect Tax Manager for Colonial Pipeline; John Dunn, Director of Communications for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury; Greg Wood, Senior Manager for Ryan; Peter Crossett, Property Tax Attorney for Crossett Consulting; and Jamie Bach, Manager of Renewable Energy Solutions at Tennessee Valley Authority.
The whole event was highlighted with a short line passenger railroad tour including a scenic ride through both the city and countryside, a showcase of several in-process locomotive restorations, a walkthrough of an on-premises railcar maintenance facility, and a demonstration of one of the oldest functioning hand-operated locomotive turntables still in active use.