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Leadership Class Projects 

Each leadership class applies the skills learned during the Community Leadership Program to complete a project.  Each project listed below represents a truly collaborative effort with many donors giving generously of their time, talent, and resources to improve the quality of life throughout the Walla Walla Valley.

Fall 2004 Class

Designed, purchased, and helped install children's playground equipment for the community playground at the Farm Labor Homes in Walla Walla County.

Spring 2005 Class

Designed and constructed a Children's Art Wall and re-surfaced an outdoor basketball court in Washington Park in Walla Walla.

Fall 2005 Class

Designed and constructed a Touchet Valley Unity Wall in the form of public art and highway signage along Highways 124 and 12 connecting Prescott, Waitsburg, and Dayton, Washington.

Spring 2006 Class

Designed, purchased, and helped install children's playground equipment in collaboration with the City Parks & Recreation Department in Washington Park in Walla Walla.

Spring 2007 Class

Designed, purchased, and installed an educational model of our solar system in the form of a Planet Walk consisting of the sun and eight planets to scale between Fort Walla Walla Museum, the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, and Blue Ridge Elementary School.

Spring 2008 Class

Selected the design, purchased, and installed public art in the form of wind sculptures near the Early Childhood and Education Center at the Walla Walla Community College and in Lion's Park in College Place.

Spring 2009 Class

Designed, renovated, and furnished an Early Childhood Learning Center to be used by the community in collaboration with the Senior Citizens Center at the Center at the Park in Jefferson Park.

Spring 2010 Class

In process of installing an interactive water structure in the form of an arched mister in collaboration with the City Parks & Recreation Department at the Mill Creek Sportplex on Tausick Way in Walla Walla.

Spring 2011 Class

In process of restoring a portion of Garrison Creek just east of Myra Road in Fort Walla Walla Park.  The stream restoration project will replace invasive species with native plants and include a living classroom/interpretive walking path along Garrison Creek.  It is a collaborative project with Kooskooskie Commons serving as project sponsor.