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

Schedule for 2020/2021 Program

• RETREAT: Thursday, October 8, 2020, 5:30-8:00 p.m. 
• RETREAT: Friday, October 9, 2020, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
• Friday, October 23, 2020, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• Friday, November 20, 2020, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• Friday, December 11, 2020, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• Friday, January 22, 2021, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• TENTATIVE LEGISLATIVE TRIP TO DENVER: Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
• Friday, March 26, 2021, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• Friday, April 23, 2021, 8 a.m. -  5 p.m. 
• GRADUATION: Thursday, May 20, 2021, 1:30-8 p.m.