About e-Vermont

In spring of 2010, the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project launched to help rural towns realize the full potential of the Internet. e-Vermont works locally to ensure best use of online resources to strengthen everything from education to government to business to community connections. We are funded through a federal program for Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SBA) and the matching support of local funders. We were one of only two projects nationwide to receive funding in the first round of NTIA Sustainable Broadband Adoption grants for a community based approach to adoption.

Through a competitive application process, the e-Vermont partners have selected 24 rural communities from around the state to receive services between spring of 2010 and spring of 2012. Each partner has a different area of expertise, including technology in education, small business development, public libraries, municipal government, basic Internet education, and strengthening neighborhood communications. The Vermont Council on Rural Development directs work in each town and helps complete projects selected independently by each town.

Details of our first year of work are found in the June, 2011, annual report and the December, 2011, midyear update.

Best practices developed and lessons learned in our town-by-town work are shared through regional workshops, state conferences, and a free webinar series. Materials developed by partner organizations are available through the partners section of this website as well as through our online toolkits.

For More Information

Contact Project Director Helen Labun Jordan at 802-225-6091 or by email at helen(at)vtrural.org.