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The Get Broadband Program Participants from Round 1

Lead Organizations & Project Goals

Cohasset - the Cohasset Economic Development Authority
Conrad Feldt 218-328-6421

• Increase residential broadband adoption to 35-45%.
• We want a transition from dial-up towards broadband, currently dial-up is at 40%. The goal is to
• To move 25% of current dial-up user to broadband.
• Get more individuals to try broadband.
• Decrease businesses that use dial-up to lower that to 20%.
• Increase availability of broadband to 100% of businesses.

• Increase our broadband take rate by 20%.
• Focus additional education efforts on the use of broadband within the community with a participation rate of approximately 2000 community members in those educational activities.
• Identify and support activities to increase public and private investment in broadband.

Grand Rapids - Itasca Development Corporation & Jobs 2020
Kathy Kooda 218-327-8848

• Work collaboratively with the Quad County On Line Learning Coordinator to train sixteen teachers.
• Bring all sectors (health, education, government, business and non-profit) together to begin the process of creating a prototype for a community portal.
• Work with the City of Grand Rapids to make available to the community additional tax assessment data electronically.

• Create more awareness through 3 training opportunities for Senior Citizens in a variety of settings.
• Help the City of International Falls to create an interactive tool to measure government effectiveness.
• Increase use of broadband in businesses in International Falls by 20%.
• Increase broadband use in homes in International Falls by 20%.

Marshall will strive to:

• Provide education on various uses of broadband.
• Identify/recognize broadband technology needs and expectations of new workforce.
• Provide seamless access to e-government county wide.
• Identify and recognize needs and expectations of new minority populations and identify strategies to reduce barriers to access.

Thief River Falls will strive to:

• Increase the number of broadband connections to at least 60%.
• Increase the residential adoption rate to 40%.

• Increase high speed internet connection by 30% within the City of Windom.
• Identify, recruit and develop local instructors to teach computer and Internet classes.
• Develop community computer labs to provide access to high-speed internet and educational opportunities.
• Conduct an informational fair and sign up event