EDMONTON, CANADA
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Committee Chair: Matt Pierce
If you would like to get involved with Edmonton, please reach out to committee chair Matt Pierce (email)
Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, Canada. Beginning as a fur trading post at the end of the 1700s, the city has grown into an economic, political, and educational center with a population of over one million. Known as Canada's "festival city," Edmonton hosts numerous international events in the summer and throughout the year celebrating culture and the arts. It became an official sister city in 1990.
A committee established by Mayor Bill Boner was in the process of beginning the search for sister city candidates when a member of the city council in Edmonton contacted Mayor Boner's office and proposed a sister city relationship between Nashville and Edmonton. The city council member was enthusiastic about the possibility and had many ideas for exchanges. The idea seemed like a good one since both cities were very interested in music and seemed to have much in common and having a relationship with a city in one of our two neighbors seemed logical. Mayor Boner indicated that he thought this was something we should try. The committee agreed and the appropriate resolutions were prepared and passed in 1990, and the relationship was established. Edmonton provided Nashville with a plaque commemorating the occasion.
In 2014 and 2015, then Mayor Karl Dean visited Edmonton during the city's Canadian Country Music Awards and its Folk Music Festival. At the Folk Music Festival, Mayor Dean addressed the crowd of 20,000 and together with civic and arts leaders, celebrated the 25th anniversary of our sister city twinning. In August 2015, more than 150 Canadians visited Nashville to attend native son Brett Kissel's Grand Ole Opry debut and to meet with Sister Cities representatives. In August 2018, a delegation from Nashville visited Edmonton to connect the Cat Financial/Finning offices in our city and to meet regarding Edmonton's initiatives in light rail, climate change, connected vehicles and future energy systems. The delegates also discussed plans for the 30th anniversary of our twinning in 2020.
Edmonton Facts:
City population: 928,182
Area: 264.24 square miles
Country population: 35,160,000
Province: Alberta
Mayor: Don Iveson
Attractions:
Alberta Legislature Building
Art Gallery of Alberta
Citadel Theatre
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Edmonton Symphony
Elk Island National Park
Devonian Botanic Garden
Fort Edmonton Park
High Level Bridge and Streetcar
Galaxyland
Muttart Conservatory
TELUS World of Science
Royal Alberta Museum
Sir Winston Churchill Square
Winspear Centre
West Edmonton Mall
William Hawrelak Park
Whyte Avenue
World Waterpar
Related Links:
http://www.edmonton.ca/
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If you would like to get involved with Edmonton, please reach out to committee chair Matt Pierce (email)
Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, Canada. Beginning as a fur trading post at the end of the 1700s, the city has grown into an economic, political, and educational center with a population of over one million. Known as Canada's "festival city," Edmonton hosts numerous international events in the summer and throughout the year celebrating culture and the arts. It became an official sister city in 1990.
A committee established by Mayor Bill Boner was in the process of beginning the search for sister city candidates when a member of the city council in Edmonton contacted Mayor Boner's office and proposed a sister city relationship between Nashville and Edmonton. The city council member was enthusiastic about the possibility and had many ideas for exchanges. The idea seemed like a good one since both cities were very interested in music and seemed to have much in common and having a relationship with a city in one of our two neighbors seemed logical. Mayor Boner indicated that he thought this was something we should try. The committee agreed and the appropriate resolutions were prepared and passed in 1990, and the relationship was established. Edmonton provided Nashville with a plaque commemorating the occasion.
In 2014 and 2015, then Mayor Karl Dean visited Edmonton during the city's Canadian Country Music Awards and its Folk Music Festival. At the Folk Music Festival, Mayor Dean addressed the crowd of 20,000 and together with civic and arts leaders, celebrated the 25th anniversary of our sister city twinning. In August 2015, more than 150 Canadians visited Nashville to attend native son Brett Kissel's Grand Ole Opry debut and to meet with Sister Cities representatives. In August 2018, a delegation from Nashville visited Edmonton to connect the Cat Financial/Finning offices in our city and to meet regarding Edmonton's initiatives in light rail, climate change, connected vehicles and future energy systems. The delegates also discussed plans for the 30th anniversary of our twinning in 2020.
Edmonton Facts:
City population: 928,182
Area: 264.24 square miles
Country population: 35,160,000
Province: Alberta
Mayor: Don Iveson
Attractions:
Alberta Legislature Building
Art Gallery of Alberta
Citadel Theatre
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Edmonton Symphony
Elk Island National Park
Devonian Botanic Garden
Fort Edmonton Park
High Level Bridge and Streetcar
Galaxyland
Muttart Conservatory
TELUS World of Science
Royal Alberta Museum
Sir Winston Churchill Square
Winspear Centre
West Edmonton Mall
William Hawrelak Park
Whyte Avenue
World Waterpar
Related Links:
http://www.edmonton.ca/
View Map