In the last four days, I have seen two articles about the importance of connectivity and economic development. Friday, the Business Journal had an article on Northfield and the community’s plan to leverage a St. Olaf College fiber network for high bandwidth services to technology-dependent companies. You can find this article at http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/06/11/story3.html.
Then today, in a Star Tribune commercial real estate supplement, a story about St. Cloud working with information services firms to locate in its downtown area adjacent to Qwest’s central office where big bandwidth is accessible and affordable. (Sorry, I could not locate this online.)
An outcome of the Technology Task Force will be an enhanced understanding of Eden Prairie’s competitive advantages with telecommunications infrastructure and services and will enable the community to market itself more effectively for business attraction.
