The agenda is out for the next Minnesota Broadband Task Force meeting:
Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
August 13, 2013
Red Wing City Council Chambers,
315 West 4th Street
Ignite Building,
419 Bush Street
Red Wing, MN 55066
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Red Wing City Council Chambers:
11:00 – Welcome, Introductions, Approval of Minutes
11:10 – Public Comments
11:20 – Welcome and Presentation by Red Wing Ignite
11:50 – Presentation by Thomas Cohen, Kelley Drye
12:30 – Presentation by Minnesota State Senator Matt Schmitt
1:00 – Large group wrap–‐up/Upcoming meeting information
1:10 – Lunch
Ignite Building:
1:40 – Subgroup Breakout Session 1 (Best Practices/Incentives and Broadband Adoption subgroups)
2:20 – Subgroup Breakout Session 2 (Mobile/Wireless and Coordination Across Govt./Monitor FCC & PUC Decisions/Cost of Broadband subgroups)
3:00 – Adjourn
NOTE: Red Wing Ignite is hosting an open house at the Ignite Building from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. with a brief program at 3:30 with Governor Dayton. Task Force members and meeting attendees are invited to stay for the open house.
Here are more details on the Open House…
Red Wing Ignite Open House
Event Location
Ignite Building
419 Bush Street
Red WingDate: August 13, 2013
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Event Description
Red Wing Ignite is hosting an Open House at their business accelerator on August 13, 2:30-4:30PM with a program at 3:30PM at the Ignite Building located at 419 Bush Street. Governor Dayton, Senator Matt Schmitt, and Representative Tim Kelly will be speaking at this event. The primary goal of US Ignite is to catalyze 60 advanced, next-gen applications over the next five years in six areas of national priority including: education and workforce development; advanced manufacturing; health IT; transportation; public safety; and clean energy. To meet this mission, US Ignite Partnership has entered into agreements that will bring its efforts to 25 cities across the country, and Red Wing is lucky enough to be one of them! Red Wing Ignite is a non-profit organization that provides a co-working space, business accelerator and a test bed environment for entrepreneurs, developers and small businesses. Red Wing Ignite’s goal is to help provide the needed resources to help businesses grow and flourish in our community.