The City of Noblesville hosted a welcome reception for delegates and exchange students from Nova Prata, Brazil and Cittadella, Italy on July 13 at Forest Park Inn.
Each summer, student ambassadors and their chaperones travel from two partner cities to the host city for a 10-day cultural exchange. There they explore the city, sample local fare, and learn about the history, traditions and social and economic aspects of that city.
In 1994, under the leadership of then Mayor Mary Sue Rowland, Noblesville began the process of obtaining a sister City. An agreement was reached in October 1996 with Nova Prata, Brazil under the leadership of the mayor at the time, Dennis Redick. In July 2006, Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear, Nova Prata, Brazil Mayor Vitor Pletsch and the Vice Mayor of Cittadella, Italy Guiseppe Pan signed a tri-lateral agreement. At the time, it was only the third such tri-lateral agreement in the past 58 years of Sister Cities International’s existence.
