We have some very important and exciting projects for 2010. The Rural Community Broadband Project, working with USDA and Department of Commerce will open a new era of Internet access. I am honored to have taken part as a member of the grant review team for the Department of Commerce (NTIA). Our Telemedicine projects are moving forward and we look forward to the new CalREC project that will begin the process of bringing on physicians, clinics and hospitals to a unified Health Information… Continue

As part of our California Council for the Humanities "California Story" video project we held an exciting and informative interview with Mayor Lupe Alvarez of Guadalupe.  The video will be online this week at our California Story web: go to http://www.rain.org/california-story to see the interviews with small farmers, rural community residents and community leaders.  New videos will be added weekly for the next two months.
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Rural Community Broadband -  can we become local and sustainable through new funding?

Now is the time for action.  We are making a very important effort to expand rural broadband access through the new funding made available by USDA and the Department of Commerce.  There will be many important new programs initiated over the next year to expand rural…

Visit our new homepage at http://www.rain.org to check out all the special programs RAIN Network provides, including Camp Internet, our Smithsonian Institution Award winning online learning web.
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New video updates and blog postings at our California Rural Community Video web site.  Through funding from the California Council for the Humanities and RAIN Network we have prepared exciting new video interviews with small farmers, community leaders and permaculture teachers.  Go to http://www.rain.org/california-story
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