REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
For Immediate Release 4/24/2001
Contact: Garnet Bass, director of communications, 919-250-4314
In August 2000, the N.C. General Assembly established the Rural Internet Access Authority and charged it with connecting every community in North Carolina with affordable, high-speed Internet service by December 2003. At the heart of the legislation is a commitment by executive and legislative leadership to give all North Carolinians access to increased economic opportunities, higher living standards, more individual choices and wider and more meaningful participation in public life.
Internet Access Authority to award grants for rural telecenters
For Immediate Release 5/2/2001
Contact: Garnet Bass, director of communications, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Rural Internet Access Authority announced today that communities in North Carolina's economically distressed counties are eligible for grants of up to $700,000 to establish innovative, multipurpose information technology centers.
Will all Internet service providers please step up!
For Immediate Release 3/26/2001
Contact: Garnet Bass, director of communications, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The newly formed Rural Internet Access Authority - charged with bringing affordable, high-speed Internet access to rural North Carolina in three years - is taking the first step toward meeting its ambitious goal.
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting
For Immediate Release 3/13/2001
Contact: Garnet Bass, director of communications, 919-250-4314
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001
Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Warwick Center Ballroom on the UNC-Wilmington Campus _______________________________________________________________________
The Rural Internet Access Authority was created by the General Assembly to oversee North Carolina's efforts to provide rural communities with high-speed broadband Internet service and to serve as the state's leading planning body for rural Internet policy. Directing the work of the authority is a 21-member Rural Internet Access Commission chaired by UNC-Wilmington Chancellor James Leutze. Jane Smith Patterson serves as the executive director of the authority, which is housed in the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center.
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting at the Northeast Partnership, Edenton
For Immediate Release 3/9/2001
Contact: Garnet Bass, director of communications, 919-250-4314
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001
Time: 10:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Northeast Economic Development Partnership, 119 W. Water St., Edenton
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Jane Smith Patterson, executive director of the newly formed Rural Internet Access Authority, will brief area leaders on the activities of the authority since it began work in January of this year. Following her presentation, those in attendance will have an opportunity to discuss information technology needs and opportunities in the northeast and ways that area communities can become involved in the work of the authority.