Leadership Bartow Class XX Application
Taking Care of Business
Date: November 2021 – May 2023
Cost: $1,050.00 per year (scholarship applications will be available)
Class Registration By: September 23, 2021
The Leadership Bartow program was established in 1984 to enhance the civic participation of emerging leaders within the greater Bartow area. Every two years, Leadership Bartow selects the best and brightest individuals in the Bartow area to participate in the two-year program oriented to developing leadership skills, fostering understanding of the major issues facing the Bartow area, improving the communications network among leaders of disparate backgrounds and interests and, most importantly, motivating them to contribute through voluntary participation in civic activities.
Since its inception, more than 500 individuals have completed the Leadership Bartow program, acquiring the skills, knowledge and passion necessary to participate fully in the life of our community. Moreover, the program has brought together individuals ranging from corporate executives and entrepreneurs, to educators, non-profit managers and public servants.
These individuals have forged lasting networks that have proved essential to creating a vital, positive community for current and future generations.
Leadership Bartow continues to be a vital part of the overall effort to ensure that the pool of talent from which the community can draw its future leaders continues to be renewed.
The program will begin in November 2021 and end in May 2023.
Leadership class member must complete eleven (11) credits in order to graduate – with at least six (6) credits earned in year one, and five (5) credits earned in year two.
YEAR 1 – November 2021 to May 2022
MANDATORY Opening Retreat and Orientation (Location TBD) = Monday and Tuesday, November 1 & 2
Leadership Social Brewz & Schmooze = Tuesday, November 2
Education Day = Thursday, November 18: 1 credit
Cultural Arts Day = Thursday, December 2: 1 credit
Economic Development Day = Thursday, January 13: 1 credit
State Government Days – Overnight trip to Tallahassee = February 22 & 23: 1 credit
Agri-Business Day = Thursday, March 17: 1 credit
Retail Day = Thursday, April 14: 1 credit
City Government Day = Thursday, May 19: 1 credit
SUMMER BREAK – June to August
YEAR 2 – September 2022 to May 2023
MANDATORY Second Year Retreat (Location TBD) = Thursday, September 8
County Government Day = Thursday, October 13: 1 credit
Leadership Social Brewz & Schmooze = Tuesday, November 1
Health & Human Services Day = Thursday, November 10: 1 credit
Environmental Day = Thursday, January 12: 1 credit
Phosphate Day = Thursday, February 9: 1 credit
Hodge Podge Day = Thursday, March 16: 1 credit
Sheriff’s Day = Thursday, April 20: 1 credit
Washington D.C. Trip (optional – three days, two nights) = Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, May 3 – 5
MANDATORY Graduation = Thursday, May 25