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Connect connects Iowa Iowa Association of Regional Councils, access to high-speed Internet to improve acceptance and use by the State

Des Moines, IA (Nasdaq) 20 January 2012

Today Connect Iowa and Iowa Association of Regional Councils (IARC) has to raise a new partnership announced to launch a state “Connected” Community Involvement Program to broadband access, adoption and use. High-speed Internet is the key to gaining quality jobs, improving education, the people is in contact with state services and the quality of the buildings all around better life. In collaboration with Connect Iowa, members of the Iowa Association of Regional Councils taking over the expansion of the reach of broadband in their communities.

took the staff of the Regional Council of Governments (COG) from around the state an intensive week of training Connect Iowa and began, teams of local leaders who contribute to the plan for the expansion of broadband would shape their community. These leaders to return home this week with a new mission-critical. Revitalize their communities through the expansion of broadband

“Getting all of Iowa, coupled with high-quality broadband communications is vital for the economic development of our country. Iowa councils of government, in collaboration with IARC, will get up the engine of the initiative and Iowa Connect operating system in each of their regions,” says Iowa Association of Regional Councils Executive Director Nichole Warren. “You reach community leaders and asked them to local planning teams.”

Close the formation of a new advisory board of the broadband that help guide and support this new initiative.

“We are pleased to join together with the IARC working in the communities,” says program director Amy cooler Connect Iowa. “Change is happening locally and through the development of our relations with suppliers and local leaders and combination that have the intelligence we have collected through our programs and research, we can identify solutions that best fit the community.”

Connected is an initiative in the community based on broadband access, adoption and use to accelerate. The advantages which helps the certification process for communities through a process of evaluation, benchmarking and planning, participants to identify the technological strengths of their community and the challenges and help local community members in the game options.

“Connected Connect Iowa Community program is a great opportunity for cities and regions by the state to assess its scope and to find real solutions,” said cooler. “The goal is to put the tools in the hands of the community to help provide a detailed assessment of what local needs are real, and then create a plan for the information to the community as efficiently as possible. It could be updated school network or access to a community without services, but the best part is that each plan is tailored to the specific needs of each region and its landscape. “

with interest in bringing broadband households and local businesses are invited to join in the efforts of community planning. For more information on participating, please contact akuhlers cooler in (a) connectiowa (dot) org or 515-421-2561.

About Iowa: Iowa Connect is a subsidiary of Connected Nation and operates as a non-profit organization in the state of Iowa to promote broadband access, adoption and use. The Economic Development Authority Iowa (Ieda) is leading the initiative to access broadband Internet services in rural Iowa Iowa Connect rise was working through the state with all broadband providers in Iowa to create maps commissioned detailed broadband and the development of a state plan for the deployment and diffusion of broadband. For more information, see:. Http: / / www.connectiowa.org

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