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Pam Lehmann speaks to Blandin Broadband Strategy Board
September 2nd, 2010
Earlier this week, Pam Lehmann spoke about Lac qui Parle’s broadband history and strides. It was a great exercise to look back at the planting of broadband seeds in 2007, the efforts we put in to cultivate those seed and the fruition we’ve experienced this summer from the Computer Commuter unveiling to the announcement of the ARRA funds. We’re looking forward to whatever happens next.
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Pam Lehmann speaks at Senator Klobuchar’s Broadband Summit Aug 24, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN
August 24th, 2010
Here is Pam’s speech for Senator Klobuchar’s Broadband Summit Aug 24, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN. She was on a panel with the following:
- FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
- Tim Lovaasen, President, Minnesota Communications Workers of America
- Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Public Policy and Engagement, Blandin Foundation
- Bruce Kerfoot, President and Owners, Gunflint Lodge Grand Marais, MN
- Rick King, VP and COO for Thompson Reuters & Chair, Minnesota Broadband Task Force
Read on for her comments… Read the rest of this entry »
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LqP EDA to be on panel at Senator Klobuchar’s Broadband Summit
August 17th, 2010
I’m honored to be a part of the following panel next week in Minneapolis. If you’ll be in the area, I hope you’ll join us. It’s a good place to learn more about broadband throughout the state and a nice time to let Lac qui Parle shine…
US Senator Amy Klobuchar will host a Broadband Summit at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management to discuss the need for making high-speed broadband available to all Minnesotans. Senator Klobuchar will be joined by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski and will gather input and ideas on broadband access from community and business leaders.
At the summit, FCC Genachowski will give the keynote address to the followed by a panel discussion moderated by Senator Klobuchar.
Who:
US Senator Amy Klobuchar
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
Panelists:
Pam Lehmann, Director, Lac qui Parle EDA
Tim Lovaasen, President, Minnesota Communications Workers of America
Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Public Policy and Engagement, Blandin Foundation
Bruce Kerfoot, President and Owners, Gunflint Lodge Grand Marais, MN
Rick King, VP and COO for Thompson Reuters & Chair, Minnesota Broadband Task Force
When:
Tuesday August 24, 2010 10 am to 12 pm
Where:
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management – 3M Auditorium
321 19th Ave South, Minneapolis MN 55455
Please RSVP to this event by emailing broadbandsummit@klobuchar.senate.gov.
This event is free and open to the public.
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MPR highlights LqP FTTH plan
August 12th, 2010
Broadband is already keeping us busy here in LqP. We will be launching the Commuter Computer on August 25. We are still buzzing with last week’s news of our successful ARRA broadband application. Now we are getting some nice recognition for our efforts from sources such as Minnesota Public Radio.
Yesterday Dave Peters wrote a nice history of our broadband initiatives for Ground Level, an online MPR feature that focuses on how Minnesota communities, especially rural communities, are facing the future.
I encourage you to check it out and post a comment. We’re pleased that Dave recognized that (as he put it) we followed a recipe for rural broadband that included a wide range of ingredients, such as input from local residents, support from local foundations and policymakers and great partners (Farmers Mutual Telephone Company and U-reka Broadband).
Madison City Administrator Radermacher expressed the excitement we all share in a comment to one of Peters’ earlier article on broadband:
As a resident of Lac qui Parle County, I have already witnessed that just the possibly of the connection of broadband for everyone in our county is enough to ignite economic development, and now that it is a reality I anticipate upon completion the initial investment to fully ablaze the potential that is being withheld in this region.
All with the ability to development economically without sacrificing the existing benefits of environment and culture that have kept these communities and areas around for well over a hundred years.
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