Thanks to Annie Tepfer for sending an update on the Renville County Get Broadband project…

In a cooperative effort to promote new economic development, Get Broadband coordinator, Annie Tepfer, worked with Agriculture writer, Richard Hagen, to interview all the grape produces in Renville County. Annie documented the interviews with videocasts while Richard wrote articles for the Renville HRA/EDA and local newspapers. The videocasts will air on the local access channel for people to learn more about this new venture in county.

A $500 Wireless Internet Café Grant was approved to “Yesteryears”, a privately owned Coffee Shop located in downtown Fairfax. The owner is going to purchase a computer, wireless router and establish connectivity to high speed internet for her customers. This should create new interest in her coffee shop and offer customers another reason to stop by her business.

Working with the GFW Community Education, an eCommerce class was held at the Fairfax campus computer room. David Nelson, an Extension Educator from the University of Minnesota, instructed a class on using the internet as a new tool for business development whether they were a storefront or home business.