Contact: Redwood Coast Connect, 707-826-3919

http://redwoodcoastconnect.humboldt.edu/

Public Invited to Community Meeting on Bringing High Speed Internet To Rural Areas

Arcata – Redwood Coast Connect (RCC) will co-host a community meeting with Trinity County
for interested community members to provide input about how availability of high speed Internet could
make a difference in their lives and communities.  RCC is a pilot project to make broadband available to
rural communities in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties through the assessing and
mapping the needs of users, engaging telecom providers, simplifying policies and tapping the ingenuity
of entrepreneurs in the region.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Weaverville Public Library. 
Refreshments will be served.  Persons needing special arrangements, such as hearing-impaired, or
non-English-speaking persons, are asked to request assistance by emailing rcc@humboldt.edu ,
or calling the RCC office, 707-826-3919.

Project organizers hope to hear from every segment of the community – from parents, students, seniors,
elected officials, and educators, to businesses, the non-profit sector, health care, public services, and
local government.  Through broad community input and collaboration, the project seeks to identify
opportunities for broadband deployment and to spur development of uniform broadband-friendly policies
in the four-county region.

In addition to conducting community meetings throughout the Redwood Coast region, the public will be
surveyed by phone, mailed, and web-based surveys.  Various organizing groups will be involved, including
the Albion Internet Access Core Group, which is a coalition of small entrepreneurial businesses seeking to
develop digital age technology in Mendocino County.

Redwood Coast Connect is a project of Humboldt State University in partnership with Redwood Coast
Rural Action.  Funding was provided by the California Emerging Technology Fund with a consortium of
regional funders, including the Headwaters Fund, Mel and Grace McLean Foundation, Humboldt Area
Foundation, Redwood Region Economic Development Commission, the counties, and others.

To request information about the broadband project or the community meetings, contact: Redwood Coast
Connect, 707-826-3919, or visit http://redwoodcoastconnect.humboldt.edu/ and click on ‘Get Involved’ link.