Lac qui Parle unveils mobile computer lab

Last week, I was fortunate to participate in the ribbon cutting for the Lac qui Parle’s Computer Commuter mobile computer lab. There was a great crowd to tour the bus and try the new laptops before listening to the presentations, highlighted by Congressman Collin Peterson, chair of the House Agriculture Committee.
EDA Coordinator Pam Lehmann thanked all [...]

Coleman’s Corner June

Here’s Coleman’s Corner, a monthly article written for the Blandin Foundation Broadband Initiative…
Coleman’s Corner
Last week, I was lucky to attend the Intelligent Community Conference in New York City. http://tinyurl.com/2u6bhly This conference attracted community leaders from Asia, Europe, Canada and the USA. I co-facilitated a session about the challenges facing rural communities in their efforts to [...]

Notes from Building the Broadband Economy in NY

Participating in the Intelligent Community Forum’s Building the Broadband Economy has been very interesting and fun. Last night I sat with people from across Canada and learned about the emphasis that their leaders are putting on broadband as an economic development strategy – from the Atlantic Provinces, to Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. They saw [...]

Blandin awarded ARRA grant

Yesterday, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced 10 new ARRA broadband stimulus awards. The total investment is more than $63 million in grants. The goal is to increase broadband access and adoption in more than a dozen states, including two that will help boost broadband adoption in Minnesota. One of the grants was awarded [...]

CTAC works on Ramsey County ARRA application

CTAC is part of a team that is working with Ramsey County to apply for ARRA broadband stimulus funding. The project took a giant step forward last week when the St Paul City Council voted to approve the the Office of Technology and Communications to submit an ARRA NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grant request.
The [...]