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Longstanding sister-city ties with Hagerstown, Indiana, draw call for a standing committee
Summary
Mike Keever reviewed 14 years of sister-city exchanges with Hagerstown, Indiana, thanked the city for a July 4 cleanup at his home, summarized scholarship and exchange activities, and asked the council to create a permanent committee to nurture the relationship.
Mike Keever recounted more than a decade of activity between Hagerstown and its namesake in Indiana, including scholarship support (two $500 scholarships in recent years), delegations and visits by municipal officials, and community events. He thanked council members and city crews for quickly clearing a July 4 storm/tree incident at his property and said those city actions reinforced the value of municipal-to-municipal ties.
Keever asked the council to consider establishing a permanent sister-city committee that would include the Chamber of Commerce and tourism partners to sustain exchanges and develop joint programming. He said he would be willing to serve on such a committee and urged the council to define the vision and expectations for the relationship.
