Project: Caudry Jumelage

Project: Caudry Jumelage To promote economic, social, educational & cultural growth through the development of an American "Sister City" with the city of Caudry in Northern France

Following WWII, in an effort to restore the peace among nations and encourage Civic Diplomacy between communities who were scarred in their own various ways by the war, American President Dwight D. Eisenhower began a program of SISTER CITIES which could help improve the economic, cultural, educational, and civic opportunities for everyday people, across the nations, on a local, city level. In esse

nce, President Eisenhower knew that the power for the world to heal lay not solely in treaties and government programs, but in the hands of the people. In the tradition of this CIVIC DIPLOMACY, in 2009, the Mayor of Caudry, France, a lovely small town near the Belgian border in the north of France, asked a young American English Teaching Assistant to help establish an American Sister City for this lively French community of 14,000 people. Major efforts for this arduous task began in 2010 and continue to this day when the time allows. This page is a very small part of that effort. Establishing a Sister City, I have found, is not very easy, but it is a challenge which shall some day come to fruition. CAUDRY, much like many of the other cities in Northern France, struggles to keep her population fully employed, but the city has a rich cultural heritage and boasts the claim to some of the finest lace in the world (Princess Kate Middleton's wedding gown was made of Caudry lace!). Caudry is also the headquarters of many other large industries and brands including: L'Oreal, Oxytol, Nestle subsidiaries, and the many leading lace-makers and other tapestry weavers whose clients include the most notable of "haute couture" labels: from Louis Vuitton to Elie Saab and Coco Chanel. For a small community of just over 14,000 people, Caudry also has an impressive list of community education programs and cultural offerings. There is a movie theater, live performance theater, a number of museums, a small zoo, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a large sports facility, public convention hall, several churches including the Basilica of Saint Maxillende, a handful of elementary schools, two junior high schools and the high school which was the first in its region to become [the French equivalent of] LEED certified as a fully "green" building. Caudry is also the home to many clubs and organizations which offer everything from language classes to music performance groups, a municipal choir, hip hop dancing, theater and dance groups, fine arts education, bird watching, animal training, sports clubs, farming and farmers markets, travel clubs, an annual circus, countless parades and festivals, and so on. With history on its side (well, most of the world has a couple centuries of an advantage in time compared to the USA), even this small community has far more going on than many of America's largest suburban cities! Of course, there is still very much that just about any American city could offer this French city as well. And that is the kind of American city that we are looking for to pair as a Sister City - or as they say in French, a JUMELAGE - with this lovely community of Caudry, France. If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in helping out with this effort, please let us know. In the future, there will be many opportunities to host French visitors in exchanges as well as opportunities for Americans to travel to France. As always, funding is a big part of something such as this, but the most valuable asset is time. If nothing else, please 'LIKE' our page and help us spread the word about PROJECT: CAUDRY JUMELAGE!!!! THANK YOU and MERCI BEAUCOUP!

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