Tech Ready Communities

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The Next Mile Tech Ready Communities Pilot
Project
Presented to John Villyard CEOSan Luis
Valley Rural Electric June 21, 2004
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The Next Mile A Vision For Rural Communities
Sustainability Using Real-Time Data
A series of Citizen-Based Initiatives that
address critical infrastructure gaps for

• Governance
• Business
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Citizens

thru access to utilization of real-time data.
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Governance 1st Project
The Next Mile Tech Ready
Communities The San Luis Valley Real-Time
Data Software Infrastructure Project

• Pilot Project for the State of Colorado
• Partners Department of Local Affairs
  Colorado Rural Development
  Council USDA Rural
  Development

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Tech Ready PHASE I

• Connect the six county courthouses of the
  San Luis Valley, to create a system of shared
  real-time data sets that will be used for
  regional planning and statewide information
  benefiting economic and community self
  development.

1994
Statewide Telecom ProjectBegins
Sept. 12, 2001
Oct., 2003
Nov., 2003
Dec., 2003
Phase I FundedInitial Presentations
Inventory StartedOngoing PresentationsPhase II
Funding Proposed
Ongoing PresentationsInventory CompletedReport
Presented To Governor
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The Next Mile Tech Ready Communities

• To create a statewide initiative from a local
  project, by connecting the six county courthouses
  of the San Luis Valley, to create a system of
  shared real-time data sets that will be used
  for regional planning and statewide information
  benefiting economic and community self
  development.
• To demonstrate how rural communities can take
  advantage of broadband access by connecting
  real-time programs. Programs that have been
  designed and implemented in the San Luis Valley
  as early as 1994, like E911 Authority Board and
  GIS/GPS Authority Board.

PHASE I INVENTORYINFRASTRUCTUREDATA
SETSSTANDARDSREQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
PHASE IIBIDSSTART CONSTRUCTION DATA SETS
STANDARDS SOFTWARE
PHASE IIIFINISH COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTIONDATA
SETS IMPLEMENTATIONREGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION
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Tech Ready Communities SEAMLESS ACCESS TO
INFORMATION
COUNTY
STATE
REGION
Alamosa
Conejos
Comprehensive Economic Development
StrategyOverall Economic Development
Plan Enterprise Business Zone Objectives Enterpri
se Zone Maps Transportation Planning
Region Revolving Loan Fund Business
TrainingLeading Edge
Costilla
DOLA CDOT CRDC ETC.
Mineral
Rio Grande
Saguache
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Real Time Data Sets

• Examples of data sets include Plat maps, housing
  starts, fees, permits sales.
• Real-Time data sets available to key public
  entities including government, business,
  non-profit organizations citizen based
  initiatives from community, county, Valley,
  state, and national levels.
• Key public entities include County
  Commissioners, clerks, assessors, sheriffs and
  planners.
• Cohesive network of critical information.
• Shared responsibilities benefits between State
  and Region for planning demographics for more
  efficient day to day operations for all of
  Colorado.
• Creates advantage for business development to all
  of Colorado.
• Critical beneficial for emergency preparedness
  and homeland defense.

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Tech Ready Phase I Partners Identified To
Date

• Amigo.Net
• Blanca Telephone Company
• Century Tel
• Colorado Rural Development Council
• Columbine Telecom Company
• Department of Local Affairs, State of Colorado
• ionSKY
• QwestSan Luis Valley Rural Electric Coop
• Vanion
• WSB Computer Consulting, LLC

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Tech Ready Presentations To Date

• National
• National League of County Commissioners
• National Rural Development Partnership
• National Rural Development Coordinating Committee
• United States Department of Agriculture
• State LocalDepartment of Local Affairs, State
  of ColoradoSan Luis Valley Development Resources
  GroupColorado Rural Development CouncilAlamosa,
  Conejos, Costilla,Mineral, Rio Grande Saguache
• 18 County Commissioners 6 County
  Administrators

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Tech Ready Phase I - Complete

• Baseline Inventory of Existing Infrastructure.
• Infrastructure Gaps Identified from Existing
  Fiber to 8 Locations.
• Historic Regional Cooperative Partnership Model
  Re-Established for San Luis Valley Governance
  Providers Willing to Participate in this
  Data Project.

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Infrastructure Gaps Identified
COUNTY
STATE
REGION
Alamosa
Conejos
Comprehensive Economic Development
StrategyOverall Economic Development
Plan Enterprise Business Zone Objectives Enterpri
se Zone Maps Transportation Planning
Region Revolving Loan Fund Business
TrainingLeading Edge
Costilla
DOLA CDOT CRDC ETC.
Mineral
Rio Grande
Saguache
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Data As Infrastructure

• Project Recommendations
• Establish Data Standards Statewide/National/Inte
  rnational
• Establish a Base System
• Start a Statewide Inventory/Survey
• Select a Method of Establishing State Standards
• Develop Software for Governance

• Project Potentials
• Standardization of method of recording, storing,
  sharing data
• Model for 49 other States to possibly replicate
  research what other single systems may be
  currently available.
• All 64 countys gain the staff expertise and
  history of the other 63 for data documentation,
  storage, usage, legal research, etc
• A statewide Reverse 911 will be put in place,
  with shared real-time data set so a Colorado
  statewide Reverse 911 system becomes a benefit
  gained from sharing data infrastructure.

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Tech Ready Project Timeline
Phase I12/31/2003
Phase II 2004
Phase III 2005
Lead SLVDRG
Lead SLVDRG
Lead SLVDRG
Deliverables1. Basic Telecom
InventoryExisting Missing. 2. Document
detailing projectfeasibility plans for
implementation DOLA.
Deliverables1. Start Construction. 2. Data
Set Development.
Deliverables1. Construction
completeConnectivity in place. 2. Data Set
Implementation.
CRDC Phase I 3rd quarter 2004
CRDC Phase II 2005
Deliverables1. Continue to intro. Project. 2.
Facilitate regional implementation.
Deliverables1. Introduce project to the other
Regions of the State 10 presentations (CRDC
2004 Work Plan Activity 2.c (2))
Other Partners Identified for Project Success
CCI, CML, CTA, NRDP
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Tech Ready Phase II - Calendar

• Connect the six county courthouses of the
  San Luis Valley, to create a system of shared
  real-time data sets that will be used for
  regional planning and statewide information
  benefiting economic and community self
  development.

January, 2004 December, 2004
Implementation of Phase I Plan Start
Construction (where needed) Ongoing
Presentations Development of Beta Software
System Initiate Data Sharing Experiment
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Tech Ready Phase III SEAMLESS ACCESS TO
INFORMATION
Courthouses
CourthouseArchives
County Commissioners
Legal
Assessors
Clerks
Coroner
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The Big Picture

• Real-Time information systems developed by
  cooperative partnerships that create unlimited
  economic/community development opportunities for
  all of Colorado.

citizens
governance
business
non-profits
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Conclusion

1. Establish Data Standards Statewide/National/Inte
   rnational
2. Establish A Base System
3. Start a statewide inventory/survey of all
   elected officials on current use of
   software/hardware and standards for data
   recording, storage and usage.
4. Select a method of establishing state standards
   by committee or mandate

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Thank You
THE NEXT MILE The San Luis Valley Real-Time
Data Software Infrastructure Project
Michael Wisdom, Executive Director SLDRG
Co-Director The Next Mile Project
wisdom_at_slvdrg.org
Kristin Johnston, Co-Director The Next Mile
Project kristin_at_slvdrg.org