Tacoma is the third largest city in Washington state, after Seattle and Spokane. Tacoma is an urban port city with a population of 219,326, according to the 2020 census. Tacoma has a dynamic economy that includes maritime industry, health care, manufacturing, and military contracts. Despite its reputation as kind of a “blue collar” cousin to…
Background In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower started Sister Cities International as part of a White House conference on citizen diplomacy. The broad idea behind developing sister city relationships is to create a person-to-person exchange between Americans and citizens of other countries based on cultural, educational, information and trade exchanges. Americans can and should learn about and…
Gdynia, Poland – Seattle sister city since 1993 Seattle has been sister cities with Gdynia, Poland since 1993. The Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association sponsors a number of events locally. The SGSCA has organized and sponsored the annual Seattle Polish Film Festival every year since 1992. The Association is also a sponsor of the Polish Seattle…