Expect to build connections and networks with diverse participants and build practical skills.
- Connections and Networks
- The NLA connects participants to resources and technical assistance during the academy. The program also develops a region-wide network of neighborhood leaders through a continued offering of technical assistance to graduates, follow-up events, an alumni newsletter, and the NLA Web site.
- Participants
- The diversity of NLA participants, both in experience and neighborhood, lends to the depth of learning during the academy. Participants range in age from their 20s to their 80s, bring informal and formal experience, and come from neighborhoods across the St. Louis region, including St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and surrounding counties such as Jefferson and St. Charles.
- Practical Skills
- The NLA teaches practical skills in community building, leadership, and organizational management through a hands-on learning environment in which participants bring current projects or develop community projects that will improve their neighborhood. Participants also receive a variety of materials and complete a personal leadership inventory. NLA instructors provide technical assistance for neighborhood leaders in applying best practices learned to their projects.
Neighborhood Leadership Academy 
