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Community Engagement Initiative: Cashiers Chamber of Commerce
Written By: Thomas Taulbee | Issue: March-2022
Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Class of Leadership Cashiers is seeking energetic, confident participants.
Leadership Cashiers Class of 2021: Top row – Left to right – Tim Heatley (Ivester Jackson Blackstream; Christies’s International Real Estate), Susan Heatley (Ivester Jackson Blackstream; Christies’s International Real Estate), Kristina Newsom (Specialties Plus of NC), Stanley Baldwin Odum (Fishes and Loaves),
Bottom Row-Left to right – Jill E. Katz (Crossroads Custard and Cold Brew), Bambi Famous Kaine (Bambi Famous, LLC Realtor), Judy G. Patterson (High Hampton), Robin Walker (Camp Merrie-Woode), Barbara Jamison (Artist), Ellen Tucker (Community Activist and Volunteer)
Not pictured: Henry “Hank” Hodge (First Citizens Bank), Anthony “Shane” Brooks, Brian Holland (Zoller Hardware), Beth Preston (Community Volunteer)
Looking for a way to be informed about the Cashiers community, to connect with interesting people who live and work in the area, and how you can engage with organizations and activities in the area?
Then consider joining the 2022 Class of Leadership Cashiers! As graduates of the inaugural 2019 Leadership Cashiers class, we can assure you the monthly meetings from May to December will be time well spent.
Once-a-month meetings expose participants to organizations, issues, and topics such as Economic Development, Natural and Cultural Resources, Planning and Infrastructure, Government, Education, and Health and Wellbeing.
Facilitated by Angela Owen with Truventure, an experienced business consultant and dynamic leadership developer, the sessions include impactful discussions of the resources, issues, and challenges in our community and how each participant can find their opportunity to be a leader and make a meaningful difference.
Leadership Cashiers is a community engagement initiative of the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce with a mission to strengthen today’s citizens to become tomorrow’s leaders.
The program is sponsored by local organizations including Vision Cashiers; BalsamWest; Dillard Jones; Eric T. Moody CPA, PA; First Citizens Bank; High Hampton, Country Club of Sapphire Valley, United Community Bank, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Southwestern Community College, Western Carolina University, Zoller Hardware, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, Appalachian Golf Cars, Leadership Cashiers Alumni Network, and Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley.
Leadership Cashiers seeks to inform, connect, and engage individuals by studying civic issues, building strong working relationships, and motivating participants to provide enlightened, dynamic, community leadership.
Once you graduate from the program, we encourage you to extend the experience by joining the almost 50 graduates of Leadership Cashiers 2019, 2020, and 2021 classes in the Alumni Network. This group meets several times a year with engaging programs that continue the Leadership Cashiers journey.
In the last 12 months, programs have included speakers such as Jackson County Commissioner Mark Jones, welcoming new businesses Crossroads Custard and Maison Atelier & Company to Cashiers, and networking at Hotel Cashiers and Whiteside Brewing.
