The inaugural class of Leadership West Kentucky, a new regional leadership development program sponsored by the West Kentucky Regional Chamber Alliance was recently launched with 30 participants from throughout west Kentucky, including five from Christian County.
According to a news release, those five are Martha Argotte, Ruth Lynch, Josh Ryan, DeeAnna Sova and Joe Pellitier, who lives in Christian County but will be representing Caldwell County in the class. Trigg County also has a representative in Scott Sholar.
All 14 western Kentucky counties have representation in the program, which was created to promote regionalism and build a network of informed citizens across community lines. The hope is to instill pride in the region and focus on encouraging participants to be active in their region and community.
The class had a two-day orientation in Paducah in January and will meet monthly through May in locations throughout the region.
In February the class will focus on Lyon/Caldwell counties, in March will meet in Murray, in April in Fulton and Hickman counties and will graduate at the final session to be held in Hopkinsville in May