Role of Elected Leadership

The active members of the Partnership include the mayors and commissioners from Ada County Boise City, Canyon County, Garden City, City of Meridian, City of Parma, City of Eagle, City of Star, City of Caldwell, City of Nampa. Other communities in two-county areas are also considered members even though their leaders cannot always participate to the same extent as the core members.

The active members of the Partnership are the driving force to accomplishments of the organization's goals. While the Partnership does employ a part-time Executive Director, individual members perform the bulk of the work necessary to accomplish the stated goals. The level of trust among members is unique. Even when disagreements arise among partners, the agreement to disagree on some issues does no damage to the overall cooperative effort of the group.

The Partnership has accomplished many things in the four years since its original meeting. The members of the Partnership have also changed with elections. And two new members have been added. The strength of the Partnership is the common belief of its founding members that the work of this group will be critical in preserving Idaho,s unique quality of life.

New members have also embraced this belief, regardless of their political beliefs or agendas.