Registration is now open for the Horizon Foundation's Community Leadership Academy, which provides training for local volunteers and emerging leaders. Participants are limited to residents in the Southeast area of Howard County who are 21 or older.

Focus on community leadership is one of the key elements in the "Southeast 2015" initiative, a five-year effort by the Horizon Foundation and other partners to enhance the health and well being of the North Laurel-Savage community and its individual residents.

Academy attendees will meet March 10 and 31, April 21, May 12 and June 2 and 16, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the North Laurel Community Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road. Breakfast provided. Current and aspiring leaders can sharpen skills in facilitation, conflict resolution, consensus building, planning and evaluation. Participants selected receive full scholarships from the Horizon Foundation. A maximum of 20 people will be selected. For an application, contact cathyvsmith@verizon.net, 410-715-0311.