We have an exciting project in the making! We are proposing to transform the Excelsior Stairs (located on Bridgeway, the main downtown thoroughfare, directly across from Viña del Mar Park) into a colorful mural celebrating Sausalito’s sister city relationship with Viña del Mar. The somewhat worn stairs, to be christened the “Viña del Mar Stairs,” [...]
In September 2024, a delegation of eight women, all part of AGEP-V (La Asociación gremial de empresarias y profesionales) a business networking organization in the Viña del Mar/Valparaiso region, visited Sausalito for two weeks. This marked our 12th exchange with this business women’s group since 2011. Our focus for this sister city program has been [...]
Unlike most fire departments in the US, Chile’s fire fighters are 100% volunteers. They receive minimal government funding and must rely on citizen donations to keep their departments fully functional. Here in the US, with local and government subsidies, our fire departments are obliged to replace much of their equipment on a regular basis. Often [...]
The coastal communities of Sausalito and Viña del Mar share strikingly similar climates, terrain, and challenges, from hillside/urban interfaces to earthquakes, recurring wildfires and coastal weather conditions and drought. In 2022 and 2024, wildfires ravaged the countryside in and around Viña del Mar, where they suffered tremendous losses of life and property, just as California [...]
If you were awake in the early morning hours of November 17, you might have seen this sight: a fire engine loaded on a tractor trailer, heading out of Marin County on its way to Long Beach. From there, Fire Engine 7 will be loaded onto a ship heading for Chile. A vision three years [...]
This September, we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of AGEP-V! September 1 marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of AGEP-V (Asociación Gremial de Empresarias y Profesionales), the group of women entrepreneurs and professionals that we formed a mentoring relationship with over 10 years ago. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
In 2024, the Sausalito-Sakaide Sister City Exchange Program continued 36 years of proud tradition fostering cultural understanding and friendship between Sausalito, California, and Sakaide, Japan.
The Marin Independent Journal recently reported that Sausalito welcomed three firefighters, or “bomberos,” and eight businesswomen from Viña del Mar, Chile, as part of the Sister Cities Program’s exchange.
At the Sausalito Special City Council Meeting on September 9, 2024, a proclamation was issued in honor of Viña del Mar's ongoing contributions to the Sister Cities Program.
Since 1960, Sausalito has been a ‘Sister City’ to Viña del Mar, Chile. Over the past 60 years the two cities on opposite sides of the world have worked together to share ideas, cultural experiences, entrepreneurial business activities and other important aspects connecting a common human link between them. While this concept of a ‘sister [...]
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