Greensboro, NC — Mayor Robbie Perkins is one of six American mayors heading to Israel for the 28th annual Israeli Mayors Conference.
They will meet with 45 mayors from around the world.
Mayor Perkins says we have a strong Jewish community, and he hopes the visit will help him sell the Triad and North Carolina as a great place to live and bring jobs.
“We also have schools that when kids grow up they speak Hebrew in the schools,” Perkins said. “That’s unusual outside of the major metro areas and gives us an advantage, I think, for recruiting Israeli based companies.”
Perkins leaves tomorrow and returns next Friday.
He will stay in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and visit Nazareth.
The group has a meeting scheduled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
(WFMY)
5:36 PM, May 3, 2012
