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TPB Community Leadership Institute

The TPB’s Community Leadership Institute is a two-day workshop designed to help community activists learn how to get involved more effectively in transportation decision-making in the Washington Region. It is also intended to help the TPB reach out to communities and groups that typically have not been involved in the TPB process. A pilot version of the Institute was held in April 2006, and subsequent workshops were conducted in October 2006 and June 2007

The Institute participants represent organizations that have been recognized as forces for change in their communities, including leaders of civic groups, homeowners associations, business organizations and local citizen advisory boards. The participants at the October 2006 Institute sessions were mostly recommended by local chapters of AARP, while the June 2007 workshop broughy together leaders in the region's immigrant communities.

Over the course of two days, participants learn about how, where and when transportation decisions are made in the Washington region. The curriculum also includes information about the various planning processes at the state, regional and local levels. Information about key regional transportation challenges are woven into the curriculum, including the need for improved coordination between transportation and land use, and the regional transportation funding shortfall.

Former TPB Chairman Peter Shapiro has served as the main facilitator for the Institute. Mr. Shapiro is currently a senior fellow at the University of Maryland’s Burns Academy of Leadership.

More information from each workshop can be found below:

CLI III – June 2007

Agenda

Participant List

Institute presentations:

Spanish Language Versions of the CLI III PowerPoint Presentations are available upon request.

Follow-up materials: