To: Honorable Mayor and Members of Town Council
Thru: David L. Corliss, Town Manager
From: Kristin Read, Assistant Town Manager
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Presentation: Your Town Academy Graduating Class
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Executive Summary
The Your Town Academy program was offered to the community again this year. The eight-week class aims to “increase governmental transparency by increasing community awareness about Town operations.”
A class of 30 residents and business owners was recruited this summer. Classes kicked off Aug. 17.
Since then, the class has learned about all aspects of how the Town operates.
Tonight, we recognize our graduating students:
Nancy Alonso Josh Barnhill Michael Bartlett Stu Butler
Corey Campanella Han Deen Klaus Driessen Guia Ellerby
Dan Flood Beate Holt Jeff Husson Angela Johnson
Heather Johnson Everett Klingman Susan MacAfee Michelle McCallum
Joe McNab Maura Mitchell James Munson Alex Onda
Michael Roche Charlene Roche Richard Scotty Nika Seiz
Annette Sloan Jessyca Tierney-Smith Karina Welton Elizabeth White
The class received surveys each week to provide feedback on the program. Again this year, their comments were overall positive and provided the project team helpful guidance on making the program even better in the future. Following is a sampling of the participant feedback received:
“Every presenter show passion for what they do. To me that is something you don't always see in presentations like these. From the initial session all the way through to the end. Could not have asked for more.”
“Everything was so interesting I wish we would have had more time to learn more about the operations.”
“Your Town Academy is well thought out, well paced and has excellent support materials.”
“The Town Academy is a great course that increased my opinion of our town, and our town leadership.”
Staff plans to offer Your Town Academy again in 2027. Applications will again be solicited in summer for a class beginning in the fall. Updates will be posted at CRgov.com/YTA.