Forging Ties with Salvadoran Sister City
Isiah Leggett will lead Montgomery County contingent next week in El Salvador's Morazan region.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett leaves for El Salvador on Saturday, leading a group of more than 60 volunteers, business leaders and county officials on an eight-day excursion meant to forge relationships that will last for years to come. Montgomery County has had relationships with communities overseas, but never an official Sister City. Leggett started a search for candidates two years ago, and with one of the largest shares of the county’s foreign-born, El Salvador emerged as the first candidate. Leggett settled on Morazan, a department (the equivalent of a state) in eastern El Salvador. The Sister City agreement will be inked on Tuesday in the main plaza of San Francisco Gotera, Morazan's capital. But the trip's broader goal …
Barb Selbst
2:59 pm on Saturday, July 23, 2011
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