Regional Advisory Committee Workshop Page
Welcome to your Workshop Connectivity Hub! As a member of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), you are a valuable stakeholder and partner that will provide vital insight, feedback, and subject matter expertise on the issues surrounding regional broadband connectivity, affordability, and accessibility.
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October 2021
Workshop Agenda
Our 2-hour workshop will include five (5) collaborative sessions, including:
Time: 20 minutesTime: 20 minutesSetting the Stage: Information Gathering Presentation & Chat
- What are the project goals and key terms?
- What do you know about broadband?
Time: 20 minutesTime: 20 minutesProblem Identification: What’s Keeping People Away? Group Discussion
- What are the problems to address?
- Where does each barrier occur? Why does it occur? Who does it impact?
- Go to the Jamboard
- What are the problems to address?
Time: 30 minutesTime: 30 minutesEnvision the Potential: Brainstorm Solutions Break-out Groups
- Where should Broadband be and what should it look like?
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- How will people access internet?
- Where will people access internet?
- What will the infrastructure look like in our cities, towns, and streets?
- SPC Mapping Tool
- Go to the Jamboard
Time: 25 minutesTime: 25 minutesAvenues for Implementation Break-out Groups
- What are the priority areas and priority partners to work with in moving forward?
Time: 20 minutesTime: 20 minutesHow to Get the Word Out Group Discussion
- What message resonates? Who needs to hear it?
- Go to the Jamboard
Workshop Participants
Thank you to our workshop participants
- Department of Innovation & Performance (I&P)
- Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Carnegie Library
- Meta Mesh
- Armstrong County Planning Director
- Armstrong County Commissioners
- State Representative 14th District
- Butler County Planning Director
- City of Pittsburgh Planning Director
- Fayette County Planning Director
- Fayette County Broadband Expansion: Fayette County Commissioners/Fayette Chamber of Commerce
- Fayette County Public Schools – Belle Vernon School District; Brownsville Area School District State Representative District 50
- Greene County Planning Director
- Greene County Industrial Development Corp Broadband Expansion
- Indiana County Broadband Deployment Initiative
- Lawrence County Planning Director
- Lawrence County Economic Development
- Fiber Broadband Association
- Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
- KINBER
- PA Department of Community & Economic Development
- United Way of PA
- Duquesne Light
- PA CCAP (County Commissioners)
- PEW Charitable Trusts
- PUC (Public Utility Commission)
- Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
- Neighborhood Allies
- Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation
- Broadband Cable Association of PA
- Washington County Planning Director
- Washington County Public Schools
- Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland
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