WASHINGTON, DC – Fort Worth, Texas has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Business and Trade for a city with a population greater than 100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. In the fall of 2018, Fort Worth Sister Cities International, Wild Acre Brewing Co. collaborates with the city of Trier, Germany to introduce the first-ever collaborative beer at the 5th annual Oktoberfest in Fort Worth. The ...

WASHINGTON, DC – San Antonio, Texas has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Award for Best Overall program for a city with a population greater than 300,001. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. In 2018, San Antonio Sister Cities program leveraged the celebration of San Antonio’s 300 year anniversary to reach out to its global relationships while positively impacting their eleven sister cities and two friendship cities from ...

WASHINGTON, DC –Lexington, Kentucky has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Award for Best Overall Program for a city with a population of 100,001-300,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Lexington Sister Cities successfully expanded and developed their programs with Deauville, France; County Kildare, Ireland; Shinhidaka, Japan; and Newmarket, England. Twenty-eight high school students (thirteen American and fifteen ...

WASHINGTON, DC –Highland Park, Illinois has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Award for Best Overall Program for a city with a population of 25,001-50,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. The Highland Park Sister Cities Foundation has been providing support and exchanges with their sister cities all over the world. They provided hurricane relief to an area in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that were destroyed by Hurricane ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Aspen, Colorado has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Award for Best Overall Program for a city with a population less than 10,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Aspen Sister Cities reached new levels of engagement thanks to the outstanding voluntary commitment by Sister Cities Committee members, various community organizations and businesses, and community volunteers. As part of a medical exchange ...

WASHINGTON, DC –Asheville, North Carolina has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Award for Best Overall Program for a city with a population of 50,001-100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. In 2018, ASCI produced their most outstanding year in the organization’s history. They hosted delegations, government representatives, and guests from four of their sister cities and developed events, activities, educational ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Oak Ridge, Tennessee has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Arts and Culture for a city with a population of 25,001-100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Thanks to energetic fundraising, brainstorming, engineering, and community outreach, the City of Oak Ridge and its partners successfully dedicated the International Friendship Bell Peace Pavilion in 2018. The bell is a symbol of ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Nashville, Tennessee has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Arts and Culture for a city with a population of more than 100,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Sister Cities of Nashville (SCN) embarked on an ambitious new endeavor in 2018 as they worked to produce a five-day festival in Belfast that displayed the music, food and culture of Nashville. In addition to the Nashville in ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Danville, Kentucky has won the Sister Cities International 2019 Innovation Award for Arts and Culture for a city with a population of less than 25,000. The awards competition, which is open to over 500 sister city programs nationwide, recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding individuals and community sister city programs that are promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation. Having established good will through previous exchanges between Sister Cities, Danville, KY and Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, 2018 featured a very successful artist exchange. Each city nominated three artists to their Sister ...