Red Wing Blandin Broadband Community Update
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Transcript of Red Wing Blandin Broadband Community Update
How does How does Red Wing stay Red Wing stay relevant ? relevant ?
Strut Your Stuff Tour - Agenda
• Welcome & Introductions (10 minutes)
• Meeting purpose ~ Bernadine (10 minutes)
• Community presentation (1 hour)
• The Future (10 minutes)
• Adjourn
Community Vision Meeting – March 2015Community Vision Meeting – March 2015
Blandin Broadband Blandin Broadband Steering CommitteeSteering Committee
Rank Status Project Idea Intelligent Community Factor
1
In Progress Assess and create the Red Wing brand; include network, history, arts and entrepreneurism
Marketing
2
✔ Integrated pre-K/14 STEAM curriculum Knowledge Workforce
3 City is Addressing Research and develop free WiFi within Red Wing Broadband
4
✔ Develop local tech group for learning, sharing, support, peer interaction, youth mentoring
Innovation & Knowledge Workforce
5
✔ PC for People Everyone with a device, training and Internet access Digital Inclusion
6 In Progress Create a shared home landing/front page for Red Wing Marketing
7
currently not sustainable
Intake coordinator that can connect low-income residents to tech services and opportunities with a 24 tech assistance hot line
Digital Inclusion
8 In Progress Early stage business finance and incentives Innovation
9
✔ Gaming contest/convention Innovation & Knowledge Workforce
10
✔ Assessment and training of teachers to better incorporate tech into curriculum, including connection to local businesses
Knowledge Workforce
11 In Progress Public – Private effort to assess where Gb does not yet exist Broadband
12
In Progress Create a sharable back-end events/calendar database that could be shared across web sites
Marketing
13
In Progress Career fair of local businesses/tech opportunities and connect to mentoring Knowledge Workforce
14
✔ Expand mentoring network to other areas Innovation
15 On Going Educate community about value of Gigabit network Marketing
Bernadine Joselyn Bernadine Joselyn
20152015
TOTAL $52,000TOTAL $52,000
$40,000 $40,000 Blandin Blandin
FoundationFoundation
$12,000 in-$12,000 in-kind kind
2016 2016
Total $45,500Total $45,500
$35,000 $35,000 Blandin Blandin
Foundation Foundation
$10,500 in-$10,500 in-kind kind
Total is over Total is over $97,000$97,000
Broadband Broadband
Knowledge Workforce
Tech Entrepreneur ProgramTech Entrepreneur Program8-128-12thth grade grade
• STEAM Advisor STEAM Advisor
• STEAM Team STEAM Team
• Technology Assessment K-12Technology Assessment K-12
• Coding Classes in 6Coding Classes in 6thth and 7 and 7thth Grade Grade
International International programming programming
club taught by club taught by volunteer volunteer
mentors for mentors for students 7-17yrs oldstudents 7-17yrs old
Digital Inclusion Digital Inclusion
Marketing Marketing
RedWingInfo.com
Innovation Innovation
Events to Learn & Events to Learn & NetworkNetwork
Business Business Incubation Incubation
& & AcceleratiAccelerati
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Susan LangerSusan Langer
Live.Give.Save & Live.Give.Save & Mosaic MindshareMosaic Mindshare
Co-Working SpaceCo-Working Space
• Goodhue CountyGoodhue County
• Red Wing ShoesRed Wing Shoes
Tech Internship Tech Internship
• Automated Automated EquipmentEquipment
• ELCELC
The The FutureFuture