09-02-2025
Ukrainian delegation to visit Hopkins
Mayor Gene Maxwell was one of nine Twin Cities mayors, city managers and Met Council representatives who visited the city of Boryspol in the Ukraine as part of a civic-cultural exchange program. Boryspol lies just outside Kiev and is home to Kiev International Airport.
While in the Ukraine they participated with city and regional leaders and some business leaders in discussions and workshops on regional and city government, economic development, city services, strategic planning, youth and citizen involvement in government, and other topics.
They had an opportunity to tour several modern manufacturing plants, attend a Rotary meeting and participate in a tree planting ceremony in a new park located on the site of a mass execution during World War II.
Their hosts in Boryspol proposed establishing a Sister City relationship with Hopkins. This proposal was accepted. A delegation is coming from Boryspol and will be in Hopkins on Sept. 27.
