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Leadership
Merced
Recruitment
for Leadership Merced Class 26 begins January
2010. Click below to download the Leadership Merced
Brochure and Application. For more information
please call the Chamber office (209)384-7092 or
email jennifer@merced-chamber.com
You
do not have to be a Chamber Member to apply for
the Leadership Merced program.
Download
Leadership Merced Brochure
Download
Leadership Merced Application
Leadership
Merced- Celebrating 25 years
Leadership Merced opened its first class in 1984,
and is now preparing for it’s 26th class.
In the years of its operation LM has graduated
over 400 Mercedians and equipped them to serve
the community in meaningful and effective ways.
Leadership
Merced is sponsored by the Greater Merced Chamber
of Commerce. New classes are chosen in May- August,
and the first class is held in September and the
10-month program concludes with a graduation in
June. About 20 community leaders are chosen by
application for each class.
Those participating in the Leadership Merced program
receive excellent information about the various
facets of Merced County. Each month’s class
explores a different slice of county life: agriculture,
health and welfare, business and economics, government,
education, law and justice, and infrastructure.
At the end of the class participants will have
explored a broad sampling of community life.
Enrollees are required to give one Friday a month
to the class and attend a class retreat in January.
The commitment sounds large, but at the end of
the “year” graduates have created
great new friendships, become well networked in
the community, and increased their knowledge and
appreciation for what it takes to govern communities.
The object of Leadership Merced is to inspire
and train new community leaders. At the last class
of the year, class members are given opportunities
to volunteer to help a variety of community agencies
that serve our citizenry. Leadership Merced is
always looking for energetic and bright new leaders.
How about you?
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