[1st-mile-nm] Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos

[Michael Odza]

I like the arithmetic: half a million per village. Anyone know what the 
populations of Cerrillos and Manzano are?

Michael

On 9/25/2011 11:05 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:
>   Internet Center Opens in Cerrillos
>
>   www.santafenewmexican.com/Local
>   News/Local-news-in-brief--Sept--25--2011
>
>   Federal officials on Friday helped dedicate a community space in the
>   village of Cerrillos intended to make broadband Internet access
>   available to residents.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
>   Development Agency said $550,950 was given to Agave Broadband to provide
>   the (wireless) service to the community south of Santa Fe.    The
>   department's Community Connect Program funded renovation of an old home
>   that Agave converted into the Cerrillos Internet Community Center.  The
>   center is equipped with 10 computer work stations and printers and will
>   be staffed 40 hours a week, an announcement said.   Free computer
>   training and broadband Internet access will be available to residents
>   for the next two years, the agency said.
>
>   USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner said in a news
>   release that the project "opens the door to new opportunities and
>   economic growth to students, senior citizens, small business owners and
>   others that will use these services to access all that the Internet has
>   to offer."
>
>   ------
>
>   Agavue was also awarded an equal amount ($550,950) in ‘09 Rural
>   Utilities Service funds to provide wireless broadband services to the
>   community of Manzano, New Mexico. A new community center is to be built,
>   where free broadband Internet access will be offered to local residents
>   for two years. The center will also serve as the town hall and emergency
>   services facility.
>
>
>


		

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