Help Welcome Boryspil to Hopkins

Earlier this year, city officials announced that Hopkins and Boryspil following Mayor Gene Maxwell’s trip to the Ukrainian city. On Tuesday, a delegation from Boryspil will visit Hopkins, tour local facilities and meet with civic organizations and business leaders.

Hopkins will also host a “Sister City Celebration” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 pm that evening at the . The celebration is open to the public and will include a sister cities announcement and ceremony, a short performance by and music by the JT Bates Quartet and Crooked Grass.

Tickets are $5 and available at , and .

Maxwell was one of nine Twin Cities representatives who visited Boryspil in May as part of a civic-cultural exchange program. The city is just outside Kiev and is home to Kiev International Airport.