The Fairmont Sentinel reports on EDA members deciding to send a representative to the Connecting One: Minnesota 2026 Broadband Summit. It’s a goo reminder to sign up and a good reminder of why you might want to attend or send a new board member in your community…

The Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved attending a broadband summit on April 29, sending a CEDA member to attend and report back.

“Some state leadership is going to be hosting a broadband summit up in the cities on April 29,” she said. “Informational purposes. They also are going to have some breakout sessions, permitting grant management, workforce development. Again, since Martin County has a good stance in broadband, I wanted to bring it to the EDA’s attention.”

Board Member Tim Terfehr asked who the committee leader is on that, and Amber Patten said Jim Langborg is. Monday was Langborg’s first meeting, after having joined CEDA around three months ago.

“I have quite a bit of governmental experience, most of it was in the fire service,” he said. “I did 31 years in fire service and 37 in EMS. During that process, I rose up as a fire chief for the last 10 years and got my master’s degree in public administration. Part of the retirement plan was to move from the West Coast to the Midwest, more affordable living. I’ve been with CEDA for about three months now, am enjoying it and learning quite a bit.”

All the present board members and staff introduced themselves, and decided that Langborg’s first big assignment should be attending this broadband summit. The EDA unanimously approved covering expenses for Langborg to attend the summit on April 29.