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October 9, 2007
Leadership Asheville 25 participants recognized

The participants of Leadership Asheville 25 were recognized for their participation in the Leadership Asheville program in a special full page ad that ran in the Asheville Citizen-Times on October 9, 2007.  For a PDF of the ad, click here.

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September 2007
Leadership Asheville 26 launched

Leadership Asheville 26 launched on September 19th and 20th with 49 participants. To read more about this year's class, click here.

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March 14, 2006
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary, Leadership Asheville 25 to begin accepting applications.

Focused on developing community members with the leadership skills necessary to help the community identify a shared vision, resolve conflicts, and adapt to change, the 25th class of The Leadership Asheville Program will begin in September 2006. If you are interested in applying, please visit our Next Available Leadership Asheville Program Class link. Should you like to refer someone to us so that we may send them materials, please complete our referral form.

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March 14, 2006
Mayor Terry Bellamy engages Leadership Asheville 24 participants in a discussion on the needs, assets, and direction of our community.

Mayor Terry Bellamy met with Leadership Asheville 24 program participants on February 8th. Mayor Bellamy discussed the collaborative working system that she will be utilizing while leading the Asheville City Council, her experiences in the Leadership Asheville 17 class, as well as what originally motivated her to run for public office. Bellamy has served on the Asheville City Council since 1999 and was inaugurated as Mayor in December of 2005. Mayor Bellamy's dedication to our community is visible through her professional work at Mountain Housing Opportunities and her extensive volunteer work.


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October 14, 2005
Virgil Smith, Publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times, plays an active role in upcoming Leadership Asheville 24 meeting.

Dedicated to building productive leadership, participants at the November 9th Leadership Asheville 24 meeting will have the opportunity to discuss with Virgil Smith the pressing issues affecting our community as well as potential solutions for realizing change. An engaging speaker, Mr. Smith will share his perspective of our community one that has been influenced by his commitment to our community, illustrated by both his professional and volunteer efforts. Mr. Smith has been the President and Publisher at the Asheville Citizen-Times since 1996.


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October 12, 2005
Timothy Hughes, a member of the Youth Leadership Asheville 4 class, serves on NC Civic Education Consortium grant review committee.

Timothy Hughes, a junior at A.C. Reynolds High School, will be serving on the NC Civic Education Consortium grant review committee. As a committee member, Tim will be reviewing a number of grant proposals from across the state and joining with other committee members to make funding recommendations to the Consortium. Ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, the purpose of these grants is to fund innovative, collaborative civic education projects that develop effective citizenship among North Carolina's children and youth. Since its inception, the program has awarded over $347,000 to 59 outstanding projects across the state. Tim will be traveling to Chapel Hill, NC on November 4th to meet with all participants of the grant review committee.

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