How does How does Red Wing stay Red Wing stay relevant ? relevant ?

Strut Your Stuff Tour - Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions (10 minutes)

• Meeting purpose ~ Bernadine (10 minutes)

• Community presentation (1 hour)

• The Future (10 minutes)

• Adjourn

Community Vision Meeting – March 2015Community Vision Meeting – March 2015

Blandin Broadband Blandin Broadband Steering CommitteeSteering Committee

Rank Status Project Idea Intelligent Community Factor

1

In Progress Assess and create the Red Wing brand; include network, history, arts and entrepreneurism

Marketing

2

✔ Integrated pre-K/14 STEAM curriculum Knowledge Workforce

3 City is Addressing Research and develop free WiFi within Red Wing Broadband

4

✔ Develop local tech group for learning, sharing, support, peer interaction, youth mentoring

Innovation & Knowledge Workforce

5

✔ PC for People Everyone with a device, training and Internet access Digital Inclusion

6 In Progress Create a shared home landing/front page for Red Wing Marketing

7

currently not sustainable

Intake coordinator that can connect low-income residents to tech services and opportunities with a 24 tech assistance hot line

Digital Inclusion

8 In Progress Early stage business finance and incentives Innovation

9

✔ Gaming contest/convention Innovation & Knowledge Workforce

10

✔ Assessment and training of teachers to better incorporate tech into curriculum, including connection to local businesses

Knowledge Workforce

11 In Progress Public – Private effort to assess where Gb does not yet exist Broadband

12

In Progress Create a sharable back-end events/calendar database that could be shared across web sites

Marketing

13

In Progress Career fair of local businesses/tech opportunities and connect to mentoring Knowledge Workforce

14

✔ Expand mentoring network to other areas Innovation

15 On Going Educate community about value of Gigabit network Marketing

Bernadine Joselyn Bernadine Joselyn

20152015

TOTAL $52,000TOTAL $52,000

$40,000 $40,000 Blandin Blandin

FoundationFoundation

$12,000 in-$12,000 in-kind kind

2016 2016

Total $45,500Total $45,500

$35,000 $35,000 Blandin Blandin

Foundation Foundation

$10,500 in-$10,500 in-kind kind

Total is over Total is over $97,000$97,000

Broadband Broadband

Knowledge Workforce

Tech Entrepreneur ProgramTech Entrepreneur Program8-128-12thth grade grade

• STEAM Advisor STEAM Advisor

• STEAM Team STEAM Team

• Technology Assessment K-12Technology Assessment K-12

• Coding Classes in 6Coding Classes in 6thth and 7 and 7thth Grade Grade

International International programming programming

club taught by club taught by volunteer volunteer

mentors for mentors for students 7-17yrs oldstudents 7-17yrs old

Digital Inclusion Digital Inclusion

Marketing Marketing

RedWingInfo.com

Innovation Innovation

Events to Learn & Events to Learn & NetworkNetwork

Business Business Incubation Incubation

& & AcceleratiAccelerati

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Susan LangerSusan Langer

Live.Give.Save & Live.Give.Save & Mosaic MindshareMosaic Mindshare

Co-Working SpaceCo-Working Space

• Goodhue CountyGoodhue County

• Red Wing ShoesRed Wing Shoes

Tech Internship Tech Internship

• Automated Automated EquipmentEquipment

• ELCELC

The The FutureFuture