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Middlebury to offer free Wi-Fi

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - The town of Middlebury will soon offer free wireless internet.

Money in the town budget along with funding from the Vermont Council on Rural Development, has allowed the local library, which already offers free Wi-Fi to patrons, to expand its coverage to the downtown. Though a provider hasn't been chosen yet, the library director hopes the signal will reach most of Main Street, the town green, as well as Merchant's Row, meaning people can browse the web for free almost anywhere downtown.

Publication Date: 
02/21/2012

E-VT reaches out to Vt. communities

Part of Vermont’s charm lies in a simple image of its landscape: quaint New England villages nestled in rolling hills dotted with red barns and cows. While this scene may dominate postcards, there is more behind these picturesque illustrations. Real rural communities in Vermont have been falling behind the technological trends. E-Vermont, a community broadband project run by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, provides rural towns with technological resources to take advantage of the digital age.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2010

Council on the Future of Vermont Community Forum Notes

From 2007 to 2008 the Council on the Future of Vermont traveled around the state holding public forums and met with farmers, nurses, students, veterans, seniors, businesspeople, advocates, low income and working Vermonters. These meetings were in both large public forums and smaller focus groups. One public forum was held in every county and over 90 focus groups were conducted: overall the Council met with more than 1,200 Vermonters through forums. At each forum, a trained facilitator asked Vermonters to answer 5 questions:

Grant to boost Middlebury waterfalls plan

A PLAN TO improve pedestrian access to, and enjoyment of, the Otter Creek Falls in downtown Middlebury received a major boost on Thursday with the receipt of a $240,000 federal grant.

...The project was one of the priorities identified in the Creative Communities program that
engaged Middlebury-area residents in discussion about how new ideas could generate economic and community activity...

Publication Date: 
05/04/2009