Leadership Frederick County

Starting in September, we walked into our opening retreat as strangers. By May, we left the closing retreat as newfound friends, colleagues,…

Do you ever wish you had a magic crystal ball that allowed you to see the future? During Frederick’s Future Day, members…

When a community invests in quality of life, they’re putting money into more than just arts, entertainment, and recreation – they’re contributing…

Frederick County is home to over 1,000 non-profits. How many is too many? Equipped with TEDTalks, reading materials, and minds full of…

Before Government Day, my last explanation of the democratic process came from a Schoolhouse Rock cartoon titled I’m Just A Bill. A…

Grammatically, inclusion is a noun, but it’s really an action. As our recent Leadership Frederick County Education Day taught me, inclusion in…

Protecting and serving the community are true vocations. Our police professionals, paramedics, and firefighters are never truly off-duty, as they’re driven by…

The Economic Development Chronicles: Frederick City and County Edition Whether we’re consciously aware of it or not, economic development is in everything…

For the Leadership Frederick County 2021-22 cohort, Agriculture Day was a total departure from our Zoom-heavy weekdays. Rolling hills, crisp autumn air,…

While I’ve always found adages inauthentic, my History Day experience with Leadership Frederick County taught me why. During my tour of Frederick…