News Details - Broadband Forum in Ulysses April 19

The County Legislature’s Special Committee on Broadband hosts the latest in its series of Community Engagement Forums Thursday, April 19 in the Town of Ulysses, as the committee asks residents to assist in its effort to determine how high-speed internet access can be achieved for all county residents.

The forum will take place at the Ulysses Town Hall, located at 10 Elm Street in Trumansburg, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the work of the Broadband Committee, talk about their specific broadband Internet access needs, and share their ideas on how expanded high-speed Internet access can benefit the community. This session in focused on the Towns of Ulysses and Enfield, but residents from throughout the county are invited and encouraged to attend.

The Committee, charged with advising the Legislature on “how to best promote broadband technology countywide, to address the needs of unserved and underserved residents, foster public-private innovation, enhance existing capabilities, and support good governance,” has been working on the issue for over a year, and handed up its initial recommendations to the Legislature in January.

Copies of the Committee’s report will be available at the meeting, and may be reviewed online at the Legislature’s web site at
http://www.tompkins-co.org/legislature/Broadband%20Full%20Report.pdf.

The Community Engagement Forums are coordinated by the Broadband Committee’s Education, Awareness, and Marketing Subcommittee. To date, the Committee has held four prior sessions around the county. Another forum will take place Wednesday, May 9 at the Newfield Town Hall (focus: Enfield/Newfield).

For more information about Thursday’s forum in Ulysses, contact Legislator Pryor at 319-0507.

04-18-2012