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Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Federal Co-Chair Anne B. Pope participated in a round-table discussion concerning the economic benefits and challenges of bringing high-speed Internet access to small communities in rural Appalachia on the campus of Glenville State College.
The meeting was hosted by Glenville State College and included local business, education, health care, and other community leaders.
Barbara Lay, CEO of Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, was one of a dozen or more individuals who participated in the panel.
Through a partnership between ARC, the Benedum Foundation and the Carnegie-Mellon University, Center for Appalachian Network Access, Glenville was selected as a site to test innovative methods of using wireless telecommunications to connect small businesses to markets, students to teachers and patients to doctors via affordable high speed Internet access.
The partnership has now been expanded to include Braxton County with the creation of Gilmer/Braxton Technology Resource Zone.
Calhoun resident Larry Baker, GSC vice-president of technology, conducted the tour and served as moderator for the round-table discussion held in the Sue Morris Distance Learning Center.
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