"The Best Community Experience You Will Ever Have!"
Montgomery Citizens’ Leadership Academy (MCLA) is the first step in getting involved. Participants will get to know other like-minded, civic-oriented community members, and by the end of the class, graduates are on a first-name basis with local elected officials, school administrators, and other local leaders.
This opportunity gives a look “behind the scenes” to explore local institutions and to answer the question, “what do they do there?”.
MCLA offers a powerful hands-on, total immersion experience into contemporary issues that are important to the citizens of Montgomery. Participants are given real-world experience when they identify an issue, get educated on how to address it, and then join a team of fellow participants to apply that knowledge.
The Academy runs from January through March. Each session is Thursday evening from 5:45 pm - 9:00 pm and begins with dinner. We do have one Saturday morning session, our history and development tour. In that case, we serve breakfast.
What you get from this class:
- Meet and interact with Montgomery City Council, department heads, and City staff
- Learn how decisions are made and how the departments operate
- Discover the status of current projects and future plans for development
- Off-site tours of Bethesda North Hospital, Sycamore Community Schools, Montgomery Safety Center, Twin Lakes Senior Living Community
- Debates and discussions
- Interactive simulation exercises
A fee of $99 will offset the cost of food and materials. For further information or to take advantage of this unique opportunity, please contact Amy Frederick, at afrederick@montgomeryohio.org or 513-792-8358.
"I signed up for MCLA to take a peek behind the curtain and see how our city government worked. The program exceeded my expectations. I left with not only a much greater understanding but also made some great connections with community neighbors I hadn't met before." -Kevin, Class of 2023
