Serving these counties:Allen, Anderson, Bourbon,Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford,Labette, Linn, Miami, Montgomery,Neosho, Wilson, WoodsonCriteria:

Applicants must live in one of the 13counties of Southeast Kansas, and commit toattend ALL sessions.

Tuition:

$300 which includes materials andlunch for each session and is due prior to thestart of the program.

Scholarship:

A limited number of partialscholarships are available based upon need;must be applied for with application.

Application:

Applications may be submittedfrom June 30-July 31, 2010. Participants will benotified by August 10 of acceptance.

Facilitator:

The Regional Leadership Academywill be facilitated by Ron Alexander. Ron isPresident of R.E. Alexander and Associates,LLC, Topeka, KS. He has worked in the area of leadership development for over 25 years, witha variety of foundations, universities, organiza-tions, government entities, and communitiesthroughout Kansas and across the country.Applications are available on the followingwebsite: www.btikansas.com/rla.

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This program is sponsored in partnership with the South-east Kansas Prosperity Foundation, Southeast Kansas, Inc., and the Business & Technology Institute at Pittsburg State University.

It is only through action that communities improvethemselves, especially in a rapidly changing world where not to act often means to fall behind. But just ‘doing something’ is not sufficient. What gets donehas to make a difference.”

Paul Epstein, Paul Coates, Lyle Wray;

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