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[Terry]

The Murer House Foundation is hosting a festa to celebrate our Italian sister city, Crespano del Grappa.

This festa will be held October 3, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Murer House, 1125 Joe Murer Court in Folsom. There will be live music, art demonstrations, regional foods and light refreshments.

[Rickykicks]

The Murer House Foundation is hosting a festa to celebrate our Italian sister city, Crespano del Grappa.

This festa will be held October 3, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Murer House, 1125 Joe Murer Court in Folsom. There will be live music, art demonstrations, regional foods and light refreshments.

Italian food and music? If you let me bring a few bottles of good Italian wine then you can count me in!

[Bill Z]

You know, I really don't get this whole "Sister city" thing. Who came up with the idea? My guess, Probably some travel marketing nummynut. And how does one determine why any particular foreign city should be a sister city. I bet if I went to "Crespano del Grappa", I wouldn't feel like it had that much in common with Folsom.

[Dave Burrell]

You know, I really don't get this whole "Sister city" thing. Who came up with the idea? My guess, Probably some travel marketing nummynut. And how does one determine why any particular foreign city should be a sister city. I bet if I went to "Crespano del Grappa", I wouldn't feel like it had that much in common with Folsom.

aw come on Bill, it's kinda cool and best of all its located in Italy. Someday I hope to stop by there while visiting Sicily and Italy

[4thgenFolsomite]

The Murer House Foundation is hosting a festa to celebrate our Italian sister city, Crespano del Grappa.

This festa will be held October 3, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Murer House, 1125 Joe Murer Court in Folsom. There will be live music, art demonstrations, regional foods and light refreshments.

Hey Folks! Sorry, but this is an invitation only event. We're not quite ready to be open to the general public yet. That comes in Spring when we complete the museum and landscaping on the grounds.

However, every year we celebrate Crespano del Grappa Day on Sept. 29th, which is the day we officially created the bond between our two cities. It's a really wonderful opportunity and we hope we have student and musical exchanges in the future. Crespano has a great band and so do we! In case you are wondering more about Crespano, you can visit the Murerhouse.org website and clink on the link. There are photographs of the town, which is about 25 miles due east of Venice.

[4thgenFolsomite]

You know, I really don't get this whole "Sister city" thing. Who came up with the idea? My guess, Probably some travel marketing nummynut. And how does one determine why any particular foreign city should be a sister city. I bet if I went to "Crespano del Grappa", I wouldn't feel like it had that much in common with Folsom.

Bill, if you go to the MurerHouse.org website you will see we are sister cities with Crespano del Grappa because Giuseppe "Joe" Murer came from there in 1906. Joe Murer built the Murer House as his residence and also built many of the buildings on Sutter Street, including the white tower building at the corner of Sutter and Riley, the old Fire House, the Post Office and some other buildings. We have an actual link! the website will tell you more about it on its history page.

[john]

I think we have a sister city in China, too.

I have never really understood the program either - the only thing I can think of is that occasionally dignitaries visit each other, they have an opportunity to share ideas on issues in the city as well as what seems to work well. With such different cultures, you're bound to see things a little differently after a visit.

I do think it's notable that the last time I read about such a visit to Italy, it was paid for out of pocket by the travelers... taxpayers did not fund the trip (rightfully so)...

[Bill Z]

Bill, if you go to the MurerHouse.org website you will see we are sister cities with Crespano del Grappa because Giuseppe "Joe" Murer came from there in 1906. Joe Murer built the Murer House as his residence and also built many of the buildings on Sutter Street, including the white tower building at the corner of Sutter and Riley, the old Fire House, the Post Office and some other buildings. We have an actual link! the website will tell you more about it on its history page.

Joseph Libbey Folsom came from New Hampshire, why isn't our sister city his hometown in NH?
Capt. Folsom bought the land from William Leidesdorff, who came from Denmark, why isn't our sister city his hometown in Denmark?

I checked out some links from the murerhouse.org website and the pics I saw of Crespano del Grappa lead me to believe, living there is nothing like living here. What makes it more deserving of being called a sister city vs. any other hometown of someone who lived in Folsom?

I appreciate the history and all, but I still don't get it when it comes to having a foreign sister city, to me it's just a bunch of hooey. They have nothing in common with us other than one of our prominent residents during our cities history came from there. People always come from somewhere.

I think of sisters as being kinda close to each other. To me it makes more sense to think of Placerville or maybe Roseville as a sister city to Folsom. Crespano del Grappa is more like some long lost distant cousin's best friend's great great Uncle.

[Bill Z]

I think we have a sister city in China, too.

I have never really understood the program either - the only thing I can think of is that occasionally dignitaries visit each other, they have an opportunity to share ideas on issues in the city as well as what seems to work well. With such different cultures, you're bound to see things a little differently after a visit.

I do think it's notable that the last time I read about such a visit to Italy, it was paid for out of pocket by the travelers... taxpayers did not fund the trip (rightfully so)...

Glad I'm not the only one.

[knittychick]

Sister cities are supposed to promote deeper cross-cultural understanding and worldwide cooperation toward sustainable economic and community development; however, I don’t think much of that happens in real life. I did hear of some teachers who had their students exchange letters with students in Crespano del Grappa and that was probably a fun educational exercise. And yes, Folsom also has a sister city in Jiaohe City, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China.

http://www.folsom.ca...ies/default.asp

[mando]

Joseph Libbey Folsom came from New Hampshire, why isn't our sister city his hometown in NH?
Capt. Folsom bought the land from William Leidesdorff, who came from Denmark, why isn't our sister city his hometown in Denmark?

I checked out some links from the murerhouse.org website and the pics I saw of Crespano del Grappa lead me to believe, living there is nothing like living here. What makes it more deserving of being called a sister city vs. any other hometown of someone who lived in Folsom?

I appreciate the history and all, but I still don't get it when it comes to having a foreign sister city, to me it's just a bunch of hooey. They have nothing in common with us other than one of our prominent residents during our cities history came from there. People always come from somewhere.

I think of sisters as being kinda close to each other. To me it makes more sense to think of Placerville or maybe Roseville as a sister city to Folsom. Crespano del Grappa is more like some long lost distant cousin's best friend's great great Uncle.

The sister city designation made you look up the city, didn't it? Perhaps that is the point of it

Somewhere on the forums of "MyCrespanoDelGrappa.it" there is a thread asking what the heck they have in common with Folsom.

[Dave Burrell]

Joseph Libbey Folsom came from New Hampshire, why isn't our sister city his hometown in NH?
Capt. Folsom bought the land from William Leidesdorff, who came from Denmark, why isn't our sister city his hometown in Denmark?

I checked out some links from the murerhouse.org website and the pics I saw of Crespano del Grappa lead me to believe, living there is nothing like living here. What makes it more deserving of being called a sister city vs. any other hometown of someone who lived in Folsom?

I appreciate the history and all, but I still don't get it when it comes to having a foreign sister city, to me it's just a bunch of hooey. They have nothing in common with us other than one of our prominent residents during our cities history came from there. People always come from somewhere.

I think of sisters as being kinda close to each other. To me it makes more sense to think of Placerville or maybe Roseville as a sister city to Folsom. Crespano del Grappa is more like some long lost distant cousin's best friend's great great Uncle.

Bill, from the history I've read, Joseph Libby Folsom owned the land but never lived here, Murer on the other hand moved here and built up several businesses on Sutter Street, settled and built his unique house, was a very active member of the community (read the murer house website for more), and he lived here until his death and is buried in the cemetary near his house. That to me was a man who loved this town and put Folsom on the map and made this town a good place. I can see why he is honored and why his home town was made our sister city. Plus the point is to have an international sister city, not another domestic town.

[mylo]

The sister city designation made you look up the city, didn't it? Perhaps that is the point of it

Somewhere on the forums of "MyCrespanoDelGrappa.it" there is a thread asking what the heck they have in common with Folsom.

From: http://www.comune.cr...navig/index.jsp

"Chi dà una schifezza circa Folsom, California?"

[Kerri Howell]

The initial discussion of the Sister City relationship was started by the Italians. There were Italians visiting California, and they read about an exhibit at the Folsom History Museum relative to Italian influence in the region. They visited Folsom to see the exhibit and that is when the discussion began, after they found out about Joe Murer's influence, particularly on Sutter Street. It is important to note that there are about 2,500 people, living in the Santa Barbara area that are either from Crespano, or decendants of Crespanians (I just made that word up to describe people from Crespano Del Grappa). Many of them attended the Sister City event in Italy. Crespano is a small town, in a larger region, kind of like Folsom is to the Sacramento Region. They are located in the foothills of the Dolomites, like we are to the Sierra. They have a beautiful covered, wooden bridge that crosses the river, again similar to Folsom. They are in the region where most of the Procecco and Grappa is made, kind of like we are to the foothill winery region. The population is about 2,500, and they have 17 people on their town council - kind of like this forum! So, there are more similarities than you might have thought!

It really is a beautiful town. If anyone is planning to travel to Italy, I urge you to visit. If you contact the town in advance, I assure you that you will be welcomed with open arms - Italians hug a lot!

[folsom500]

Plus the point is to have an international sister city, not another domestic town.

And what logical point would that be ?

And aside from being pointless...I bet any delegation from one to the other cant even converse without translators...

Sister cities really make no sense at all.