Robert Bell from the Intelligent Community Forum talks to MIRC Participant Dawn Hegland, from the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission. The MIRC (Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities) project is a Blandin Foundation-led, ARRA-funded project that promote broadband adoption in 11 communities in Minnesota (and creates tools that reach beyond those communities).
Dawn talks about their experience deciding how and where to focus their attention to meet the needs of her region with broadband adoption. The answer involves applying the Intelligent Community Framework at a local level to create a home-grown solution based on International standards.
Congratulations to Dawn, Jacki and their UMV team for their thoughtful and persistent efforts in the MIRC program!
Nice job as the videographer Ann! Spielberg-like!
Thanks Bill! It was great to hear about the projects at UMV, especially how they started by defining their needs and chose programs based on those needs.