Purpose

The InterCity Leadership Visit (ICLV) consists of conducting a trip to another U.S. city to study specific, identified issues. Participants learn first-hand how that community positively addressed those issues, as well as challenges overcome and lessons learned. Greater Mankato's ICLVs are the first such leadership project undertaken by a tier-two community in Minnesota.

The trip destination is carefully selected based on identified issues to be studied and similar community characteristics such as population, higher education institutions, industry, agricultural influences, medical facilities, proximity to a metropolitan area, etc.

The ICLV is an invitation-only event. Delegates are invited who represent various communities and sectors - business, nonprofit, government, religious, etc. Throughout the trip, delegates develop and strengthen relationships, and obstacles to coalition-building are diminished.