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Embassy Events 2006

Erie, Pennsylvania Sister City Delegation In Warsaw

19 May 2006
Ambassador Ashe with members of the Erie/Lublin Sister City Partnership

Ambassador Ashe with members of the Erie/Lublin Sister City Partnership including: Erie, PA Sister City Delegation Joseph Sinnott, Mayor, City of Erie James Thompson, City Council Member, City of Erie; Chair, Erie Sister Cities Kimberly Green, Department of Economic and Community Development Casimir Kwitowski, City Controller, City of Erie Peter Kuvshinikov, Professor, Edinboro State Univ. Joseph Kuvshinikov, CPA; Professor, Kent State Univ.; Vice-Chair, Erie Sister Cities Daniel Adamus, CEO, International Trade Center, Strategic Solutions John Eric Christianson, news director, WSEE Scott William Bremner, reporter, WSEE Lublin Delegation Krzysztof Michalkiewicz – Member of Parliament, former Minister of Labor Peter Semeniuk – Director of the Mayor’s Office - Lublin Agnes Malyska – Executive Assistant – Mayor’s Office Dariusz Marek Baran

Mayor Joe Sinnott and city council member (and sister cities chair Jim Thompson) led an official delegation from the city of Erie, Pennsylvania to Lublin, Poland this week and met with Ambassador Victor Ashe in his office on Thursday, May 18. They discussed the sister city relationship between Erie and Lublin and the benefits it has brought to both communities during the past 8 years. Included in the meeting were Sejm deputy Krzysztof Michalkewicz and representatives of the Mayor of Lublin's office.

They discussed items of mutual interest including the exchange programs that have resulted in 15 students from Poland studying at Mercyhurst College in Erie. Both cities have plans to expand their trade relationship, including working to improve the infrastructure of Lublin.

Meeting attendees:

Erie, PA Sister City Delegation

Joseph Sinnott, Mayor, City of Erie
James Thompson, City Council Member, City of Erie; Chair, Erie Sister Cities
Kimberly Green, Department of Economic and Community Development
Casimir Kwitowski, City Controller, City of Erie
Peter Kuvshinikov, Professor, Edinboro State Univ.
Joseph Kuvshinikov, CPA; Professor, Kent State Univ.; Vice-Chair, Erie Sister Cities
Daniel Adamus, CEO, International Trade Center, Strategic Solutions
John Eric Christianson, news director, WSEE
Scott William Bremner, reporter, WSEE

Lublin Delegation

Krzysztof Michalkiewicz – Member of Parliament, former Minister of Labor
Peter Semeniuk – Director of the Mayor’s Office - Lublin
Agnes Malyska – Executive Assistant – Mayor’s Office
Dariusz Marek Baran
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