After hosting its World Cup soccer team this summer, Alexandria is on the way to forming a formal bond with a Croatian city.
Without discussion, City Council on Tuesday (Oct. 13) approved the resolution to form a friendship city agreement with Osijek, Croatia. The agreement is for a one-year trial, and a task force will be formed to report on progress to City Council throughout the year.
Alexandria’s mayor wants to keep the connection going with Croatia after the city hosted the Croatian National Football Team as its World Cup home base.
At Alexandria City Council’s meeting Tuesday (Sept. 22), Mayor Alyia Gaskins proposed a memo to establish a friendship city with Osijek, Croatia.
It’s been 17 years since Alexandria’s sister city of Dundee, Scotland, creamed the city in the first-ever Mayors’ Cup rugby match.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins says it’s time for a rematch. On Dec. 6, Alexandria Select XV team tryouts were held at the George Washington Middle School athletic fields.
The Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee is hoping to emerge from the other side of the pandemic reinvigorated and, in some ways, transformed.
The committee was established in 1991 and celebrates both the city’s ties with Caen, France, and French culture in general. It’s one of the more obscure ones, known primarily for the annual D-Day commemorative event, but committee member Elodie Guillon says there’s hope for that to change.
Update on 1/25/20 — The whisky tasting event has been rescheduled for Oct. 16, 2020
Earlier: Alexandria loves to celebrate its Scottish heritage. The latest such celebration is taking place later this month.
