2007

• Declaration by Town Council of official Sister City relationship with La Garenne-Colombes, France.
• Delegation of 11 visited La Garenne-Colombes for the official signing.
  
• Plans begin for Ryder Cup activities in Clarksville for September 2008.
  
• Group of 10 students and two chaperones travel from Clarksville to La Garenne in March.
  
• Group of 15 students and two chaperones spend nine days in Southern Indiana in October.
  
• First Pub Night with a trivia contest is held in February.
  
• A Bastille Day dinner was held at The Bistro in New Albany in July.

2006

• Bewdley Twinning Association president, Ken Bell, and his wife, Janice, visited the area in March.
• As a result of the visit, plans began for an exhibit from the Carnegie Center for Art and History Underground Railroad to be sent to the Bewdley Festival in October 2007.
• A group of nine students and two chaperones from La Garenne-Colombes spend nine days in Clarksville and Southern Indiana hosted by families in the area.

2005

• Group of five students with chaperone visited La Garenne-Colombes in March.
• Continued communication with both towns.
• Formed Friendship link with La Garenne-Colombes, France

2004

• Began communication with La Garenne-Colombes, France, a suburb of Paris.
• Declaration by Town Council of official Sister City relationship with Bewdley, England.
• Group of seven traveled to Bewdley in September for official signing of Sister City agreement.
• Stopover at La Garenne-Colombes to formalize communications.
• Visit from Philippe Juvin, mayor of La Garenne-Colombes, and Jean Mainz, president of La Garenne-Colombes Twinning Association, in October.

2003

• Hosted nine visitors from Bewdley for a week-long visit in May.
• Welcomed Frank Baillie, mayor of Bewdley for a day-long visit in June.
• Established a formal Friendship Link with Bewdley.
• Continued efforts to find another European partner. Received research help from an Indiana University Southeast political science class for this search.
• Began work on student exchange program and other efforts to encourage student interest in international affairs.

2002

• Created a Sister Cities web site linked to the Town of Clarksville site.
• Participated in activities at the Clarksville Lewis & Clark Festival.
• Facilitated building of showcases in the Town Hall to spotlight Sister Cities and the Clarksville Historical Society. Created a Sister Cities display for the Town Hall atrium.
• Participated in the Indiana University Southeast International Fair, sharing our activities.
• Sponsored the Sister Cities International art competition at Clarksville High School.
• Created a quilt depicting Clarksville history and locals sites of interest.
• Worked on an innovative three-way Friendship Link with Bewdley and Melton Mowbray.
• Began the process of looking for a Sister City on the continent of Europe. Received research help from the French II class at Clarksville High School.

2000 - 2001

• Twenty citizens traveled to Melton Mowbray and Bewdley to establish Friendship links.
• Clarksville High School participates in the Sister Cities International art competition.
• The Clarksville branch of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library becomes a Sister Millennium Library with Melton Mowbray.
• A Clarksville Sister Cities Association Constitution and By-Laws are created and the first annual meeting is held.

1999

• After more detailed communication Swords, Chipping Campden, and St. Neots determined they would not be able to sustain a relationship with Clarksville.
• Sister Cities shared with the community what had been accomplished and received continuing support from the Town Council.
• Continued communication via e-mail and postal service with the two communities in England, Bewdley and Melton Mowbray.
• Sent a packet of materials about Clarksville and the surrounding area to the two towns.
• Began effort to increase funds through:
  *Membership drive, including corporate support through founding member program
  *Town Council budgetary support
• Shared our mission and accomplishments through presentations as schools, clubs, and other interest groups.

1998

• The existing connections do not provide a potential partner, so the group decides to seek an English-speaking community similar in size to Clarksville.
• Created a community profile to send to prospective cities.
• Researched possible cities on the Internet.
• Contacted 10 cities and received five positive responses
  - Swords, Ireland
  - Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
  - St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England
  - Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
  - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

1997

• An organizational meeting was held with seven people attending.
• The group determined existing connections that could be used in the search including:
  - Companies in our community with international markets, offices, or affiliations
  - Suburbs of Louisville’s Sister Cities that might be interested in connecting with Clarksville
  - Regional alliance with other cities in Southern Indiana
  - Sister Cities International list of cities seeking partners

November – December, 1996

• Interested community members met with Town Council President Bob Popp regarding establishing a sister city relationship between Clarksville and a town in another country.
• Clarksville became a member of Sister Cities International.
• Clarksville consulted with the director of Sister Cities of Louisville for ideas on how to proceed.
• A mailing was sent to businesses and organizations in Southern Indiana inviting representatives to an organizational meeting.