[chambernews] Fwd: Kanabec County Blandin Broadband Program Kick-Off Meeting

Tue Feb 19 15:14:02 CST 2013

Please pass this along to your neighbors, family and friends - we would 
really appreciate your input as we move forward towards High Speed 
Broadband throughout all of Kanabec County by 2015.
Thank you.
Karen.

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Good afternoon:
As you already know, Kanabec County was chosen as one of nine 
communities by the Blandin Foundation as a Blandin Broadband Community.  
The Blandin Broadband Communities Program (BBCP) is a two year program 
designed to provide planning and organizing support to rural Minnesota 
communities that demonstrate readiness and resources to either bring 
robust broadband adoption to communities without it, or assist already 
connected communities to make the best use of information and services 
broadband can deliver.
*Communities and organizations within Kanabec County are eligible 
to apply for up to a total of $100,000 in grant funds for projects that 
fit program criteria over the next year*. *In order to kick this program 
off, the Kanabec Broadband Initiative (KBI) will be hosting a community 
meeting on **Thursday March 7th, 2013 from 1:00pm to 4:30pm at 
the Eastwood Senior Living Community Center at 170 Valhalla Circle in 
Mora.*This meeting will be an opportunity for community leaders and 
residents to learn about the program, help assess our community's 
strengths and gaps as it pertains to broadband, and begin to identify 
projects that may be eligible for financial support through the program. 
We hope to stimulate ideas for projects as well as discuss potential 
projects already in the formulation stage.
This meeting will also be an opportunity to hear about details of the 
Kanabec Broadband Initiative Broadband Feasibility Study completed this 
past October.  Members of U-reka Broadband Ventures will be present to 
provide a summary of the study they prepared for KBI and answer any 
questions you may have about it.
Please consider attending the March 7th meeting if you're able!!
*Beth Thorp*
Community Development Planner
Mora City Hall | 101 Lake Street South | Mora, MN  55051
320.225.4807 Direct | 320.679.3862 Fax
ci.mora.mn.us <http://www.ci.mora.mn.us/>
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