urban challenge

[Doug Schuler]

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-- Doug

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:00:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve Snow <shsnow at charweb.org>
To: afcn-members at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: grants for communities

:: Friends,
:: 
:: Please pardon any cross-posting. This comes by way of TIIAP and AFCN member 
:: Judy Sparrow:
:: 
:: :: Urban Challenge Grants Offered to Narrow the Urban Digital Divide
:: :: 
:: :: 3Com Corporation and the U.S. Conference of Mayors have announced 
:: $100,000 Urban Challenge technology grants for up to ten cities. 
:: Application deadline is October 15th.
:: :: 
:: :: 3Com Corporation today announced that through its Urban Challenge 
:: program the company will donate a total of $1 million in network 
:: equipment, technology training, and consulting services to ten U.S. 
:: cities. The funds are earmarked to help the cities use networking 
:: technology to enhance education, government and health care services. :: 
:: :: *Urban Challenge is an innovative program to promote the concept of 
:: 'connected communities* and the benefits that will become available to 
:: residents in the nation*s urban centers,* said David Katz, global 
:: director of market development at 3Com Corporation. *We are developing 
:: close working relationships with strong mayors who can serve as brokers 
:: to bring together key constituents to build modern, high speed 
:: Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN). Working with government officials, 
:: 3Com is using innovative MAN networking technology to connect municipal 
:: facilities, including public schools, libraries, utilities, hospitals, 
:: and police and fire departments.* :: 
:: :: The 3Com Urban Challenge, in collaboration with the U.S. Conference 
:: of Mayors, is designed to help mayors employ 3Com*s networking 
:: technology and communications services to connect disparate educational, 
:: health care, and governmental facilities to each
::  other and to the Internet. The program will enable mayors to improve 
:: the efficiency and responsiveness of government agencies, offer faster 
:: access to information and technology for city residents, and promote an 
:: improved learning environment for teachers and students in public schools.
:: :: 
:: :: The deadline for Urban Challenge grant applications is October 15, 
:: 1999. To apply for an Urban Challenge grant of $100,000, city mayors can 
:: download an application from 3Com*s Web site at :: 
:: 
:: 	http://www.3com.com/urbanchallenge/
:: 
:: :: The 3Com Urban Challenge program goes far beyond networking computers 
:: and connecting buildings to the Internet. One key benefit of the program 
:: includes 3Com*s NetPrep program, an educational training program to 
:: prepare high school and college students for high-skill and high-paying 
:: jobs in computer network management - the fastest growing high-tech job 
:: category in the United States today. The program will help prepare both 
:: students and teachers for a future where network technology enhances the learnin
:: g process both inside and outside the classroom.
:: :: 
:: :: 3Com*s NetPrep program is a vendor-neutral, standards-based 
:: curriculum that focuses on the design, implementation, management and 
:: integration of computer networks. The program is expected to reach 500 
:: schools and 50,000 students over the next two years
:: . Successful NetPrep pilot programs have already been implemented in 
:: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania 
:: and South Carolina. :: 
:: :: 
:: 
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:: 


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Stephen Snow        | 1916 Bentley Pl.    | www.afcn.net
Community Consulting| Charlotte, NC 28205 | JOIN THE ASSOCIATION FOR
Making the Internet | [V] (704) 569-0243  | COMMUNITY NETWORKING NOW
Work for People     | [F] (704) 569-0914  | shsnow at charweb.org

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