As a class participant you can expect to:

• Learn the Uncompahgre Valley's history including the leadership, vision, and compromises required for us to be the community we are today
• Gain knowledge of your own leadership style and how to work with other leadership styles for the good of the community
• Meet local government leaders including City Council, County Commissioners, your state representative and senator, and others who serve in many capacities
• Gain an education about local challenges and accomplishments from education, healthcare, water rights, agriculture, manufacturing, and others
• Know the election process and what it takes to run for office 
• Learn Robert's Rules and the responsibility of serving on a board of directors
• Have the knowledge to be a director or person who answers to a board of directors 
• Know your own passions and what opportunities exist to serve our community that fit within your wheelhouse
• Be able to mentor the next leadership classes in Montrose 
• Learn about our tax base, such as Tabor, Gallagher, and Amendment 23, and be able to explain the tax base to others

Program Schedule

• RETREAT: Thursday, September 26, 2019 5:30 to 8 p.m.
• RETREAT: Friday, September 27, 2019 - 8.a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, October 25, 2019 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, November 22, 2019 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, December 13, 2019 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, January 24, 2020 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, February 21, 2020 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• TENTATIVE LEGISLATIVE TRIP TO DENVER: Wednesday, March 25 - Friday, March 27, 2020
• Friday, April 24, 2020 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• GRADUATION: Thursday, May 22, 2020 - 1:30 to 8 p.m.