Last week I mentioned the Anoka Groundbreaking – but I just got more details…

Anoka County and Zayo will break ground on the Connect Anoka County high-speed fiber broadband project Tuesday, September 13, 2011.

What: Connect Anoka County groundbreaking
When: Tuesday, September 13, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Where: Connexus Energy, 14601 Ramsey Blvd, Ramsey, Minnesota 55303
Who: This event is open to the public. Come celebrate this project milestone!

Connect Anoka County is a partnership of Anoka County and Zayo. The project was awarded $13,382,593 in July 2010 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), to expand fiber broadband connectivity across the county.

The groundbreaking will feature comments from key stakeholders including Bill Grant, Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce; Sandeep Taxali, federal program officer for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration‟s (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP); Charlie Kratsch, Founder and CEO of Infinite Campus; John Real, Zayo Networks Vice President; and Anoka County Commissioners Jim Kordiak and Robyn West.

Get more details on the project