The Key to Our Future
Why Coffee County Leadership?
Coffee County Leadership is a community program designed by concerned citizens to improve our community as a whole. The program promotes the education and training of persons for leadership and involvement in public affairs in the local area and establish channels of communication among community leaders.
A solid program builds on a philosophical base of leadership and commitment to the common good. In the belief that leaders with greater knowledge of the community would have better ideas to make better decisions. Participants’ awareness broadens to encompass the past, the present and the future.
Through a highly structured 10-month program, each session is carefully designed to present a wide range of opinions and perspectives to encourage discussion through lectures, panel presentations, tours and a variety of group activities. The goal of each day is to open the mind of each participant to the perspectives that surround each issue.
The curriculum provides for the development of basic as well as in-depth knowledge of the community in such areas as education, economic and community development, city and county government, law enforcement, and the judicial process, human needs and services, public infrastructure, and quality of life. Successful completion of the program is recognized through a graduation and presentation of certificates.