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    What's Going On In Your Sister

    City-Salisbury, Maryland, USA


    The City
    The city welcomed Jack Heath as the City’s new acting
    Mayor. *Salisbury's Housing First Program built Anne St.
    Village, a traditional community village for the homeless,
    in an attempt to reduce homelessness and give those a
    jump start to becoming a resident of Salisbury. It opened
    in May of 2023. *The city created the Horizon Incentive
    Program in 2021 and incentivized residential
    development within downtown Salisbury for additional
    economic growth. Their goal is to increase residential
    living by 400% within the next 5 years in downtown
    Salisbury. *Salisbury also received a 13 million grant from
    the state to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety within
    the next 5 years. *On October 1st 2021, The City
    dedicated the Tartu Friendship Pedestrian Bridge. The
    bridge represents the strong relationship between
    Salisbury and its sister city Tartu, Estonia.

    Salisbury University
    The University had a student study abroad in Tartu during the Fall
    semester of 2022. An interview with him was included in an article in
    the Salisbury Independent titled SU program helps to maintain Sister
    Cities’ bond. In February of 2023, the U.S. Department of State’s
    Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named SU the nation’s No.
    1 producer of Fulbright Students in the Master’s Carnegie
    Classification for 2022-23. In May of 2022, SU co-sponsored the
    celebration of the 800th anniversary of our sister cities Salisbury
    Cathedral. This April, the University also had the most successful
    Salisbury Giving Day. And in May was the inauguration of SU’s new
    President, Dr. Carolyn Ringer Lepre.
    Wicomico County
    Wicomico County elected Julie Giordano as the new county executive. She is an SU alum majoring
    in communications with a concentration in public relations and went on to get her teaching
    certificate. Furthermore, the county is currently working to expand the runway at Salisbury Airport
    another 7,800ft to accommodate more flights in and out. The Shore Birds are an up and coming
    minor league baseball team, having one of the greatest impacts on the economy in the county.
    With the team’s increasing communal impact, there are current plans to renovate the team’s
    baseball stadium to accommodate the growing fan base. Wor-Wic Community College has
    recently made an addition to their campus with the new Guerrieri Technology Center, which
    students are beyond excited to use and learn in. The county also built the new Pittsville Library. All
    of these expansions helped to further grow the community from an economic standpoint and to
    enhance it's quality of life.

    Wicomico County
    Public Schools
    Wicomico County Public Schools recently built the new Beaver Run Elementary School and had a
    rededication ceremony on May 11th of 2023. For the first time, Delmarva Sports Network did a
    behind the scenes on the Wicomico High School football team. The county recently had two
    state champions. A student from Parkside High School won in pole vault and a student from
    Wicomico High School won in high jump. Wicomico High School's Head basketball coach, Butch
    Waller, recently surpassed 900 wins, making the winningest coach in all of MD. The county
    recently named Tara Martens the new Wicomico Teacher of The Year. She received her
    bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from SU and teaches at West Salisbury Elementary
    School. The county has also had numerous students achieve incredible goals such as winning
    the National Spelling Bee and being appointed by the governor to serve as a student member of
    the MD Board of Education. This school year Dr. Micah Stauffer was welcomed as
    Superintendent of Schools.

    For more information visit salisburysistercities.org

    Editor: Hasin Rosales


    Intern, Sister Cities Salisbury Wicomico County

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