MEDIA ADVISORY - Connect Ohio to showcase recently funded ARRA broadband projects across the state at upcoming quarterly meeting

Columbus, Ohio – Connect Ohio’s Third Quarterly Technology Association Meeting will predominantly focus on discussion revolving around ARRA broadband stimulus funding awardees, as well as detail other funding sources for all non-awarded projects. The conference is open to only those who have received an invitation and open to all media outlets. Download the Agenda and Invitation Here

Quarterly Technology Association Meeting

Who: Tom Fritz, Executive Director, Connect Ohio; Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet; Christa Callihan, Executive Assistant to the Director, Governor’s Office of Appalachia.

What: The meeting will highlight Connect Ohio’s recent progress, Ohio broadband stimulus award recipients including discussion around Connect Ohio’s BTOP grant that has recently been funded. OARnet will discuss the Ohio Middle Mile Consortium (OMMC), and The Ohio Governor’s Office of Appalachia will provide organizations whose awards were not funded through the ARRA other possible funding solutions. Download the Agenda and Invitation Here

When: Friday, October 1, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EST).

Where: Vern Riffe Building, 77 South High Street, 31st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, conference room south B & C.

Contact: Rachelle Manson of Connect Ohio at 614-284-8594 or rmanson@connectohio.org

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About Connect Ohio: Connect Ohio, a division of Connected Nation, is a nonprofit, technology-neutral public-private partnership that works with telecommunications providers, business and community leaders, information technology companies, researchers, public agencies, libraries and universities in an effort to help extend affordable high-speed Internet service to every Ohio household. For more information about what Connect Ohio is doing to accelerate technology in Ohio's communities, visit http://www.connectohio.org

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