LOVELOCK - Pershing County leaders have enrolled their community in an innovative program that seeks to boost the local economy and quality of life for residents through increased access, adoption, and use of broadband.
Staff members from Connect Nevada, the statewide nonprofit promoting broadband expansion, are guiding area leaders through the steps of the new Connected Community Engagement Program.
The Pershing County Connected community leadership team recently met at the Pershing County Community Center to begin building the plan to ensure that every home, school, organization, and business in the county has access to broadband.
Nearly a dozen local leaders are already involved in the project. The committee is part of Nevada's plan to deliver broadband access to every part of the state and to increase the number of high-tech companies and jobs in Nevada.
The team will assess the current state of technology in the county, determine what improvements are needed, and devise a plan for achieving those goals.
The meetings are organized by Connect Nevada, a nonprofit working to accelerate the availability and use of technology throughout the state toward creating a better business environment, more effective community and economic development, improved healthcare, more efficient government, and enhanced education.
Pershing County's Darol Gilliland is excited to see the opportunities for technological progress that the Connected process will bring.
"Technology opens the door to the future. From healthcare to education, agriculture to business - everything we do now, we can do better, faster, and more efficiently. Making broadband technology a reality for the citizens of this county places a world of opportunities at their fingertips," he said.
The next meeting of the Pershing County Connected community technology team is set for Monday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Pershing County Community Center, 820 6th, in Lovelock.
For more information about the project, contact Connect Nevada Program Manager Lindsey Niedzielski at lniedzielski@connectnv.org or (775) 343-9600.
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