Meeting 5/30/2020

Attendees:

Councilman Hudson; Bill Pfaff, Sussex Economic Development; Councilman IG Burton

We should contact -

• Farmers to show us how they use internet in farming - Anyone knows any farmers to invite?

• Bill Andrews, President/CEO, of De CoOp to pick his brain regarding broadband - bandrew@delaware.coop (302) 349-3174

• Troy Mix from UDEL who received Federal grant for Broadband Alliance for State of DE - http://troydmix.com/ (302) 831-6191, mix@udel.edu

• James Collins, Chief Information Officer of DE Information Technology Dept - no contact info

• Dwayne Kilgo of Sussex County IT - (302) 855-7898

• School Districts and Rodel - Contact info at https://sites.google.com/view/sussex2030economy/infrastructure/school-system

• Sussex and State of DE contact info is at https://sites.google.com/view/sussex2030/important-contacts

Gina Jenning's direct email is not available.

• Write to Newspapers - https://sites.google.com/view/sussex2030/important-contacts

In brief:

• Georgetown Airport is in Foreign Trade Zone, and broadband internet is being installed.

• Broadband comes at a cost and the many trees on flat lands make the transmission difficult. Thus, the silo-to-silo installation

• C-19 Budget Anomaly - Broadband should be added

• Long Range Plan for Internet Initiative necessary

• Sussex needs to allocate more money into Economic Development

• Promote Census in areas that are prone to less participation due to fear, by working with organizations:

  • La Esperanza https://www.laesperanzacenter.org/contactos/

  • First State Community Action https://www.firststatecaa.org/

  • Census Bureau

Added to website https://sites.google.com/view/sussex2030economy/infrastructure/broadband-internet

• Maryland Broadband Coverage Map https://mdbc.us/coverage-map

• Delaware Rural Broadband Map https://delaware.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=cb13ad9a14b3473db083adc5a4f209ca&folderid=cfb6819c10d445b6b3b301bb79898a38