March 2016 - Blog Post 1

On March 23, I had my last meeting session with the Youth Leadership of Greensboro. The theme for the day was Economy and Environment. First, we visited Syngenta. We specifically got to see the packaging room where we observed the different tests performed on packages to ensure their safety and durability. Next, we visited the Proximity. We took a tour of the entire hotel and learned about how energy sufficient the hotel was and it was probably my favorite part of the day. I had no idea this hotel was so invested in saving energy; every aspect of the hotel was dedicated to conserving energy and this tour intrigued me so much. The last place we visited was the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship. We toured the building and I find it so interesting and neat that the business is dedicated to advising and assisting smaller and local businesses. The environmental part of the day was interesting to me and I very much enjoyed learning about different applications of environmentally dedicated business. Something that does not typically interest me is the economy, but the Nussbaum Center really caught my attention because I really like how this organization is the root of many small businesses that have since grown into something much bigger and more successful than it was when it first came to Nussbaum. I really enjoyed the day and reflecting back on the activities, I definitely think it contributed to my leadership skills because I got to look at different aspects of my community and learn more about how I can help in the future and what is going on presently.