Material presented at Connectivity Summit

Attendees from Dover, VT speak with Jon-Michael Muise of USDA Rural Development at the Connectivity Summit on November 30th, 2018

Thank you to all who attended the Connectivity Summit on November 30th! In this post you’ll find material that was presented at the summit. Also, you will see below the contact information for all representatives and presenters.

Presentations (in order of agenda):

Connectivity_How to Get Organized 11-30-18

FirstNet_Southern VT Connectivity Summit 11302018

MA Case Studies

CVFiber Connectivity Summit

Craftsbury So Vt Connectivity Summit

 

Contact Information (in order of agenda):

Laura Sibilia, Director of Regional Economic Development Strategies and Program, Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation

lsibilia@brattleborodevelopment.com

 

Owen Smith, Regional Vice President for External Affairs for AT&T/ Representing FirstNet

os5414@att.com

 

MA Connectivity Case Studies

Jen Stromsten, BDCC and GCET

jstromsten@brattleborodevelopment.com

Rob Brooks, Leverett, MA

robert@brooksresearch.org

 

CV Fiber

Jeremy Hansen, PhD and Chair of CV Fiber

central.vermont.internet@gmail.com

 

Craftsbury, VT

Michael Birnbaum, Kingdom Fiber and Cloud Alliance

mb@kfiber.net

 

Track Two:

Clay Purvis, Vermont Department of Public Service

Clay.Purvis@vermont.gov

 

Carole Monroe, EC Fiber

carole.monroe@ecfiber.net

 

Mike Loucy, VELCO

mloucy@velco.com

 

Chris Campany, Windham Regional Commission

ccampany@windhamregional.org

Jim Sullivan and Jonathan Cooper, Bennington County Regional Commission

jsullivan@bcrcvt.org                jcooper@bcrcvt.org

 

Jon-Michael Muise, USDA Rural Development

jon.muise@vt.usda.gov

 

Service Providers:

Jeff Austin, Consolidated Communications

Jeffrey.Austin@consolidated.com

 

Karen Davis, Verizon

karen.m.davis@verizonwireless.com

 

Phil Edelstein, VTel

phil.edelstein@yahoo.com

 

Melissa Pierce, Comcast

melissa_pierce@comcast.com

 

Resources:

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs/telecom-programs

https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service

https://www.energy.gov/savings/clean-renewable-energy-bonds-crebs

https://www.fundera.com/blog/small-business-grants