Posts Tagged Broadband Internet erate digital divide
Case: Ave Maria Smart Campus
Posted by bbossert in Broadband, Building Information Modeling, Economy on October 22nd, 2009
Introduction:
Ave Maria is a town 20 minutes east of Naples and then 10 minutes south basically in the middle of the swamps. We all know about the success story of Domino’s pizza. Well the guy who started Dominos got tired of collecting airplanes apparently up in cold Michigan, and decided to create a town with a Christian values from scratch. A friend of mine contacted me and asked me to come down and meet Bryan Mehaffey who this post will discuss frequently. I had heard stories about how Ave Maria was a show case for Smart Building design. So both Mark Hewitt and I got in the car and made the trek from Sarasota Read the rest of this entry »
11 years ago
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband on March 2nd, 2009
“Until every child has a computer in the classroom and the skills to use it….until every student can tap the enormous resources of the Internet….until every high-tech company can find skilled workers to fill its high-wage jobs….America will miss the full promise of the Information Age.”
Bill Clinton, MIT Commencement – June 5th, 1998
Working to close the gap between the “haves” and “Have-nots” then President Clinton launched Read the rest of this entry »