Last week we had visitors from our Sister city in Norfolk Virginia. They had a productive rounds of meetings while taking in the Fleet Review, the Queen’s visit and the Tattoo. We are working on collaborations of mutual benefit with Dalhousie and Old Dominion universities and the Black Business Initiative and Norfolk State University. There is also many possibilities regarding the modelling and simulations industry. Norfolk Sister Cities has an interesting website at-http://www.norfolkvasistercities.org/
This week our Sister City friends from Hakodate in Japan are in town. I will be greeting Mayor Nishio and his official delegation tomorrow and attending the Tattoo with them Wednesday. We send a large Christmas tree each year to Hakodate for their Christmas Fantasy. For more about Hakodate visit http://www.wa-pedia.com/japan-guide/hakodate.shtml
Our Sister City ties are the municipal approach to diplomacy. Stronger relationship culturally, economically and educationally are of mutual benefit to both cities.
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Interesting, I wonder if there are job-sharing opportunities or ideas out there to build on that relationship more? We could probably use some cultural exchange.