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Front Porch Forum Helps Calais Neighbors Connect

What if nearly every household in a small rural town were in daily communication with each other? What would change?

e-Vermont partner Front Porch Forum provides towns and neighborhoods with a virtual town green and bulletin board. Once FPF is set up in a town, it opens unlimited possibilities to connect

Calais is a great example.

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e-Vermont Community: Calais

calendarBetween summer 2011 and spring 2012, e-Vermont and the Calais e-Vermont Steering Committee will deliver an array of resources to improve Calais' use of the Internet to achieve key community goals and welcome more citizens into the digital culture. Already, e-Vermont is working with Calais Elementary to bring 21st century educational opportunities to its students.

Calais, Hardwick chosen for E-Vt. digital project

MONTPELIER – The towns of Calais and Hardwick are joining 10 other rural communities set to receive computers and develop new digital projects through a pilot project sponsored by the Vermont Council on Rural Development. The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project announced Wednesday it has chosen 12 more communities to take part in the one-year grant project aimed at helping Vermont’s rural towns take advantage of high-speed Internet and its benefits.

Publication Date: 
12/14/2010

E-Vermont Gets IT Umph to 12 More Small Towns

The E-Vermont Community Broadband Project was the only applicant East of the Mississippi to be awarded federal stimulus money for rural broadband. This week the project announced both advances of 2010 and the names of 12 rural communities chosen for next year. E-Vermont doesn’t lay fiber cable; instead, it offers small communities expert help in making the most of existing Internet technology. The 2010 projects included, for 5th graders in Bristol, VT, new computers, training in making podcasts, and better integration of technology into the school curriculum.

Publication Date: 
12/23/2010