2014-05-29 11:45

Fort Worth, TX — Sister Cities to Promote Fort Worth Abroad

Click and fly over Budapest Councilman and Budapest Liaison Joel Burns, along with Sister Cities Chairwoman Ann Rice, are leading a delegation of Fort Worth Ambassadors to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria for a ten day exchange this month. The exchange will include visits to the U.S. Embassies in both Budapest and Vienna, as well as official meetings with the mayors of Budapest and Gyor, Hungary. Gyor will be visited to thank the town for their kindness during a recent youth exchange. Students from Fort Worth were stranded on the highway between Budapest and Vienna when a snow storm forced their bus to stop. The Gyor citizens cared for the students bringing them blankets, food and other necessities until the roads could be cleared. Burns and Rice will present the mayor with a gift on behalf of the City of Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Ambassadors will also meet with tour operators and citizens in Budapest to promote Fort Worth and to encourage tourism. Another planned meeting will be with the U.S. Embassies in both Budapest and Vienna to acquaint them with Sister Cities programs, as well as discuss ways to increase exchanges between the two cities and countries. Fort Worth became the first U.S. city to link with Hungary and this partnership continues to produce interesting and resourceful exchanges such as: TCU’s Budapest campus, the Cliburn Piano Institute-Franz Liszt Academy Scholar exchange; annual youth exchanges; nurse training exchanges; and the establishment of home healthcare delivery service programs.