Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities MnAPA Conference September 2011

MIRC: Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities

•Broadband is essential infrastructure for the 21st century, yet hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans don't have access.

•MIRC is an ARRA-funded project of the Blandin Foundation and draws on the Intelligent Community Framework to mobilize partners across Greater Minnesota.

•Focus: Education, training, technical assistance, removing barriers to broadband adoption

http://connectmn.org/

MIRC: Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities

•Bill Coleman, Community Technology Advisors

•Jacki Anderson, Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission

•Nancy Hoffman, Benton County Economic Develoment

•John Shepard, AICP; Southwest Regional Development Commission