Gainesville sister city program pursues statue construction after initial rejection
Students from Gainesville and Duhok, Iraq, worked together on an art submission through a virtual exchange program Graphic by Alex Brown
Alachua County called on artists to design art centered around the concept of a megaphone.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners received 19 submissions. All were rejected, and a Martin Luther King Jr. statue is now the new artwork concept for the west lawn of the Alachua County Administration Building.
An anonymous citizen offered to match up to $50,000 if the county chooses to have a Martin Luther King Jr. statue created for the west lawn, according to Gina Peebles, Alachua County assistant county manager and chief of staff. The proposed statue concept contrasts a prior requirement that the project could not honor a person, according to the county’s website. Peebles said the current budget with county and donor fund
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A round table was held at the Institute of International Relations on the occasion of declaring May 25, 2021 as the Day of the Sister City of Ashgabat in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. The event was attended by the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkmenistan Matthew Stephen Klimow.
Chair for the Ashgabat-Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation Alana McGratton as well as First Chairperson of the Committee for Cooperation between the Sister Cities of Albuquerque and Ashgabat, Ms. Sally-Alice Thompson presented their congratulations on occasion of the Ashgabat anniversary.
It was underlined the special importance of celebrating the 140th anniversary of Ashgabat in the year of the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan s independence. First of all, this is due to the recognition of Ashgabat as the capital of friendship, brotherhood, hosp
WeGo Public Transit has hired Renuka Christoph as director of marketing, sales and communications.
Christoph (pictured) comes to WeGo from the Music City Center, at which she served as the director of communications overseeing marketing, media, public relations and communications. Prior to that, Christoph worked as a communications consultant for Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Christoph holds a bachelorâs degree in graphic design from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a masterâs degree in marketing from Tennessee State University. She has served as a board member for Sister Cities of Nashville and as a freelance travel writer for the Tennessee Tribune and The Tennessean. She also launched Nations in Our Neighborhood, an initiative promoting Nashvilleâs ethnic food and culture.