Shown at the March 5 “Sister Cities” meeting in Irondale, from left: Wanda Simpson, A&B Distillery; Tina Simpson, A&B Distillery; J.B. Simpson, owner of A&B Distillery; Julie Simpson, A&B Distillery; Max Weaver, Fayette Chamber member; Fayette Area Chamber of Commerce Director Daniel White; Piedmont Community Development Director Lane Weatherbee; Fayette Mayor Ray Nelson; Piedmont Mayor Bill Baker; Piedmont City Clerk Michelle Franklin; Steve Fowler, Fayette CDC member; and Temple Bowling, owner of Golden Eagle Syrup Manufacturing.
Note: This article is reprinted by permission of Consolidated Publishing’s News Journal: Serving Jacksonville, Piedmont and Northern Calhoun County. On Thursday, March 5, for the first time in Alabama history, two cities within the state became sister cities. On that day, the mayors of the cities of Piedmont and Fayette signed proclamations that declared their new status. The signing occurred at Zamora Shrine Center in Irondale. Representatives of both cities were present, and the public was invited, according to Lane Weatherbee, chairman of the Commercial Development Authority for the City of Piedmont. He has worked for more than a year to promote the new bond, as has Mayor Bill Baker.
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