News Roundup - June 26, 2012

Young Professional delegates on a Citizen Leadership in Community Development program.
Young Professional delegates on a Citizen Leadership in Community Development program.
Young Professional delegates on a Citizen Leadership in Community Development program with David Sherman, fourth from left, managing editor of the Bee Group, a group of nine weekly community newspapers serving the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. Artem Demchenko, far right, who is editor for a Novosibirsk, Russia newspaper had much to discuss with his American counterpart.

News Roundup - June 26, 2012

For Ruslan Martsinkiv, who chairs the 60-member Ivano-Frankivsk City Council and was making his first visit to the United States, learning about Arlington’s transit-oriented development efforts proved a positive learning experience. (article): http://bit.ly/MvaYaM

They seemed surprised that there is a free exchange of information between the town hall and the newsroom. (article): http://bit.ly/MLBTwN

Delegates from Russia visit Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles to discover the best of an 'Open World.' Who sponsored their visit and took them around the City of the Angels and MB? (article): http://bit.ly/MvEhr6

“Secret” sister cities of Los Alamos, NM and Sarov, Russia explore Northern New Mexico together (photo story): http://bit.ly/LWcofR

Ukrainian environmental manager wowed by Austin, TX (article, in Russian): http://bit.ly/LWp6eC

Justice Antonin Scalia, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Shelby Coffee: A Russian delegate from the Moscow School of Political Studies details his groups’ orientation in Washington, DC (article, in Russian): http://bit.ly/NDajV6

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