2025 – 2026 CLASS SESSIONS

Curriculum Overview | HCLA Class of 2026

Attendance is MANDATORY for the 2-day opening retreat in August and the 2-day overnight closing retreat in June. Cohort members are expected to be at every monthly class day from September to May, missing no more than 2 class days (16 total hours) during the 9 programming days.

• Thursday, August 21 & Friday, August 22 |  2-Day Opening Retreat
• Thursday, September 11, 2025 | Diversity & Belonging
• Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | County & Municipal Government
• Thursday, November 13, 2025 | Planning & Infrastructure
• Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Workforce & Economic Development
• Thursday, January 8, 2026 | Education
• Thursday, February 12, 2026 | Agriculture
• Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Public Safety
• Thursday, April 16, 2026 | Quality of Life
• Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Quality of Place
• Monday, June 8-Tuesday, June 9, 2026  | Overnight Closing Retreat