[1st-mile-nm] Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos
Michael Odza
modza at comcast.net
Sun Sep 25 11:55:51 PDT 2011
I like the arithmetic: half a million per village. Anyone know what the
populations of Cerrillos and Manzano are?
Michael
On 9/25/2011 11:05 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:
> Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos
>
> www.santafenewmexican.com/Local
> News/Local-news-in-brief--Sept--25--2011
>
> Federal officials on Friday helped dedicate a community space in the
> village of Cerrillos intended to make broadband Internet access
> available to residents. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
> Development Agency said $550,950 was given to Agave Broadband to provide
> the (wireless) service to the community south of Santa Fe. The
> department's Community Connect Program funded renovation of an old home
> that Agave converted into the Cerrillos Internet Community Center. The
> center is equipped with 10 computer work stations and printers and will
> be staffed 40 hours a week, an announcement said. Free computer
> training and broadband Internet access will be available to residents
> for the next two years, the agency said.
>
> USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner said in a news
> release that the project "opens the door to new opportunities and
> economic growth to students, senior citizens, small business owners and
> others that will use these services to access all that the Internet has
> to offer."
>
> ------
>
> Agavue was also awarded an equal amount ($550,950) in ‘09 Rural
> Utilities Service funds to provide wireless broadband services to the
> community of Manzano, New Mexico. A new community center is to be built,
> where free broadband Internet access will be offered to local residents
> for two years. The center will also serve as the town hall and emergency
> services facility.
>
>
>
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