The Leadership Adventure of a Lifetime

Culpeper Star Exponent

 Business Monday

Jim Charapich

January 20, 2014

Registration is open for LEAD Culpeper 2014 - One of most interesting ways to engage with our community is through LEAD Culpeper 2014. Excellence in civic leadership and the social capital to move a community forward define ones leadership capacity. LEAD Culpeper will bring together a group of 20 select individuals through an application process. When selected, the group will work together to understand our community from many perspectives. There are no other programs like it in Culpeper. The program will begin in April 2014, and conclude with a trip to the General Assembly of Virginia in January of 2015.   

Why is this program so successful? The Alumni may be able to answer this by their prominent places in the community leadership. They range from Town Council and Board of Supervisors to Business Leaders at the executive level. Many Alumni were interested in leadership and did not know where the program would take them. There is no doubt that the program will open our community in new and exciting ways to the participants. In addition to learning more about Culpeper, participants gain the benefit of the network of others in their class of LEAD Culpeper. The Class of 2012 graduates have been recruited for leadership positions throughout Culpeper. Civic leadership is a quality that is valued in business for promotability. LEAD Culpeper 2014 is a way to accelerate access opportunities to some of the most influential components of the community.

The application process is easy;. Go to the www.LeadCulpeper.com - a Culpeper Chamber of Commerce website. There is a fee to cover the costs of food, transportation, and administration of the program. This financial investment and commitment of time will give you a competitive edge that could otherwise take years to achieve.

As a recent graduate of LEAD Virginia 2013, I can only confirm the importance of leadership development in a community. LEAD Virginia offered me an opportunity to see issues and successes in every region of the Commonwealth. It was the experience of a lifetime to learn firsthand about our great state. However, I discovered that the most precious assets in Virginia are not only our diverse economic and natural resources, but also the remarkable leadership in each community. Our diversity and character of individuals working together for progress is our most precious asset. Culpeper has its fair share of challenges and yet we are blessed in many ways. Join Lead Culpeper 2014 to understand our community in more depth so that we can sustain and expand our opportunities for prosperity through civic leadership. www.LeadCulpeper.com