Rural America and under-served urban areas, this is where it starts. When SpiralNet CEO John Paul and Nevada City / Grass Valley leaders decided to apply for the Google Fiber for Communities initiative, they mobilized the local population in a way that could be a model for other communities. While they didn't win the Google bid, they achieved a higher level of community awareness about the importance of internet access for personal and economic growth. Having gone through this mobilization process, Nevada City /Grass Valley now has a critical support base that can be relied on for future efforts.
We traveled up to Nevada City yesterday to interview John Paul and get a better understanding of how community organizing is crucial to closing the "digital divide" of internet access.
See Nevada City / Grass Valley's Google bid on YouTube at Googlebits for 95959.
Nevada City and Grass Valley are home to a number of world-class video broadcasting equipment manufacturers, the largest of which is Grass Valley Group.
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