Leadership Clark County’s new class to focus on housing, immigration, more

John Detrick, left, talks with James Gray, from Leadership Clark County, about the Springfield Rotary Club Thursday, April 11, 2024 during the Leadership Clark County Non-Profit Fair at the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

John Detrick, left, talks with James Gray, from Leadership Clark County, about the Springfield Rotary Club Thursday, April 11, 2024 during the Leadership Clark County Non-Profit Fair at the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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Aug 26, 2024
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Leadership Clark County next month will begin training community members to become leaders, with a focus on important issues facing the area, including housing and supporting a growing immigrant population.

The nonprofit’s 2024 class, made up of about 40 individuals, will start its session on Sept. 12, with its “Amazing Race Day,” Executive Director Leigh Anne Lawrence said. The annual class helps promote leadership for individuals who want to engage with the community.

The “Amazing Race” is taking volunteers; anyone interested can fill out the Google Form at https://bit.ly/LCCAmazingRace2024.

“We really revamped the curriculum again to focus on some of the new needs in our community,” Lawrence said.

The cohort this year will talk more about supporting the increased population of Haitian immigrants in the community, with a presentation from the Clark County Combined Health District, Lawrence said.

There also will be a panel on housing development in Clark County as the community faces a variety of difficulties with housing, Lawrence said.

The two topics were added because they are chief community concerns, and Leadership Clark County likes to prepare its participants for current community needs.

Lawrence said in 2019, the cohort was focused on the opioid crisis and how to support the community. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it focused on how to get through that crisis. After, it focused on what changed in the community since the pandemic.

The participant list for the 2024-2025 LCC class has not yet been finalized.

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Jessica Orozco covers crime, courts, government and more in Clark County for the Springfield-News Sun. She previously covered crime and courts for The Lima News, and before that, Orozco interned at The Columbus Dispatch on the metro desk. Orozco has a bachelor of arts in journalism from Ohio State University, from where she graduated in May 2022.