The Broadband Forum last week was a great success. We had about 50 attendees; we all left a little wiser and inspired to improve broadband in Dakota County. The day started with Michael Langley from Metro MSP helping us focus on regional economic development. It was a good reminder that in today’s global economy, we [...]
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We look forward to seeing folks on Thursday. Below is the agenda, you can also download in PDF Dakota Future Broadband Forum April 21, 2011 Burnsville Performing Arts Center 12600 Nicollet Avenue Heart of the City, Burnsville Agenda 8:00 – Registration and continental breakfast 8:30 – Welcome from the Dakota Future Board Chair Jan [...] The Dakota Future Broadband Forum is shaping up to be a very interesting morning. We hope that you will be able to join us for breakfast, networking and quality information about the importance, availability and use of broadband in Dakota County. Michael Langley, leader of the new Twin Cities Regional Economic Development Group, will [...] Broadband is a critical utility for economic development and quality of life. High quality broadband enables job growth, health care, education at all levels, efficient government services, and entertainment and lifestyle. Attend this forum to learn about plans to strengthen broadband availability in Dakota County. Hear how people in Dakota County use broadband every [...] Dakota Future has been named a Smart21 community by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) two years in a row. The ICF is an international competition that recognizes communities who make smart use of technology to improve economic development and quality of life. Our goal is to improve our status to Top Seven ranking. In [...] Marketing and advocacy is one of the five Intelligent Community elements. In many ways, we in Dakota County have not done a great job in publicizing the success of our people and organizations in creating good jobs and maintaining a high quality of life. We also miss chances to publicize opportunities for others to [...] Celebration! Collaboration! Communication! Those are the themes in the latest Dakota Future Annual Report. We celebrate the fact that once again we’ve been named one of the Smart 21 Communities, by the Intelligent Community Forum. It’s an honor to have received the international acclaim and we are pleased to keep company with other Smart [...] Dakota Future invites you to celebrate Dakota County’s designation as a 2011 Smart 21 Intelligent Community and to help shape our application for 2011 Intelligent Community of the Year! November 17 7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Southview Country Club 239 Mendota Road East, West St. Paul Thank you to our breakfast sponsors! Dakota Electric Association [...] Dakota County’s new standing as a Smart 21 community has been garnering more publicity. Hub Pages has taken a look at the 6 smart communities based in the US. And Area Development has also featured the Smart Communities. Here’s what Area Development had to say… When the financial crisis hit Dakota County, it responded [...] The Dakota Future Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Dakota County has been named a 2011 Smart 21 Global Intelligent Community by the Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org). This marks the second consecutive year that Dakota County has received this honor. Two years ago, Dakota Future adopted the Intelligent Community framework and set [...] |
Innovation Networks are business-driven peer groups around key business processes, enabling sharing of information and best practices between Dakota County companies. Our first two networks – Lean Processes and Advanced IT are about to launch. (Learn more)
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