Southwest Colorado and northwestern France may seem like worlds apart, but the Mancos Town Board hopes to close the distance with a new sister-city designation.
Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said the town council in Feins, France, inquired about becoming sister cities to foster democracy and establish cultural ties and informational exchanges.
Mancos has relationships with Mancos, Peru, and Thornton, a Denver suburb. Thornton helped with a Cottonwood Park suitability study and in planning for the Boyle Park irrigation system.
Mancos’ relationship with Mancos, Peru, was established through a resolution in 2006. Officials from Peru visited Mancos and attended a board meeting.
“I think it’d be a great way to get our name out there and maybe have visitors (from Feins),” said trustee Queenie Barz.
Feins is a farming community in northwestern France known for dairy and beef production and its apple orchards. Its population is about 920.
There’s no cost to participate in the program.
Herald staff
