Leadership Washington Class Begins

On Wednesday, Sept 13th the Washington Leadership Class of 23-24 met for the first time to start their year off. They started the morning with an icebreaker welcoming all the students. The leaders of the day, Jenny Morgan, Dylan Smith, and Kara Booth, used the first hour to welcome the group and have them work on getting to know each other by playing a fun game and asking them a number of questions about Washington. After that, the class got introduced to Mike Zahs who a few classmates had in Junior High as their history teacher. Mike talked about the Blair House and finished up with a tour of the top. Then the class traveled to the Elm Grove Cemetery where they did a walking tour and Mike pointed out gravestone markers with significant details and famous people that are buried and what they had done for our town. Next up was lunch where Chief Jim Lester grilled for the group and they enjoyed a beautiful September fall day in the park Shelter by the rocket slide. Mike gave history on the Log House that sits at Sunset Park before they traveled back to the square to visit the famous Fountain in Central Park and a nice walk to State Theater to enjoy the history of our oldest Theater in the world located right here in Washington. The class enjoyed a complimentary bag of popcorn and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Theater. Next up was a tour of the F-Troop Building. Only a couple of classmates had been to the building to see the past war military artifacts before. The day finished at the Conger House. The leaders had many positive comments from classmates about the day and really enjoyed starting the class.
This year’s class contains just under 30 business people from around Washington County. If you are interested in joining, please contact the Chamber for more information.