The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project
e-Vermont is a recent initiative to help rural Vermont towns take full advantage of the Internet, to advance a wide variety of local needs including economic development, school innovation, job creation, downtown marketing, community engagement and e-commerce.
Twenty four communities statewide have been selected to work with the e-Vermont partnership in a comprehensive effort combining online services, training, access, awareness, and planning. In addition, best practices in the uses of digital tools are being shared through symposia and conferences statewide.
The e-Vermont partnership focuses on the grassroots needs of each community, provides technical assistance, equipment and facilitation, and in some cases limited funding to 24 towns for a two year period. Local task forces will lead the way in developing specific plans for their community. Find out more at e4vt.org
The Snelling Center Partnership with e-Vermont
The Snelling Center is one of eight partners in the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project, and provides assistance to town government on best practices, templates for town websites and other online resources. We also organize workshops and conferences for technology learning opportunities and to share information statewide.
e-Vermont Events
Coming soon, on November 19, 2011: e-Communities in a Digital Age Workshop at Lyndon State College. This workshop brings community leaders and learners together to share what they have discovered so far. Take away lots of new ideas about how digital tools and broadband can be used in your community. Register today at http://evermontworkshop.org
The e-Vermont Conference
The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project hosted Citizen Leadership in a Connected Age on May 21, 2011, at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, VT. The conference focused on how Internet use is expanding at the community level across Vermont to improve economic and local service opportunities, with the goal to further, not compromise, our values around community. Community leaders as well as those in education, technology, business and nonprofit sectors sharee their expertise.
If you missed the conference, check the links below for the agenda and course descriptions and a link to news coverage from Vermont Public Radio and Vermont Digger.
- Conference agenda link (PDF)
- Course descriptions (PDF)
- Conference presenter biographies (PDF)
e-Vermont Partners
The Vermont Council on Rural Development is leading a team of eight other nonprofits who work with rural communities around the state to improve the ways they use broadband, for everything from strengthening business plans to engaging more citizens in local government. Read more about the e-Vermont partners here.
Contact Us
For more information email Joanna Cummings, The Snelling Center’s e-Vermont Community Coordinator at joanna@snellingcenter.org