Thursday May 8th Summit II Agenda

More than one service provider has recently inquired about not only Connect America Phase II funding, but also other funding sources and New Market Tax Credits and such.  Yes, I've been following New Market Tax Credits since 1999, when I went to Hazard, Kentucky to see former President Clinton's speech, as he was launching the New Markets Tax Credit initiative.  I had heard when his visit was announced, that no acting American President had visited Appalachia since before I was born, when former President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty (50 years ago).  Anyway, it's short notice for posting an Agenda - but if a small group is able to arrive in Duffield on Thursday morning, I think that, once again, participants will find the Summit to be interesting and helpful.  Here's the agenda:

Connect America Summit II

AGENDA

  

Thursday, May 8, 2014 – Pioneer Center in Duffield, Virginia

10:00AM – 10:20AM   Introduction and Overview – Connect America Summits

Upcoming Rural Broadband Deployment Funding Opportunities:

10:20AM – 10:35AM  New FCC Connect America – 2014 Rural Broadband Experiments

10:35AM – 10:50AM  Annual USDA RUS broadband deployment programs, 2014 definitions

10:50AM - 11:05AM  New USDA RUS 2014 Farm Bill - Rural Gigabit Network Pilot Projects

11:05AM – 11:10AM  New Appalachian Regional Commission 2014 distressed counties

Access to Capital and Credit in Appalachia and the Digital state of Cumberland:

11:10AM – 11:25AM  CDFI Fund - Bank Enterprise Awards grants deadline June 2, 2014

11:25AM – 11:40AM  CDFI Fund - New Markets Tax Credit (from 1999 in Hazard KY to 2014)

Rural Broadband Deployment Dialogue:

11:40AM – 11:50AM  Rural Broadband Experiments – The national dialogue happening now!

11:50AM – NOON  Plans for Connect America Summit III – Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 10am – noon at the Pioneer Center in Duffield, Virginia  

Registration fee is $89 per person.  Registration is required.  To register, email joan@appalachianresources.com or call (276) 445-4600.  The Pioneer Center is located at 225 Boone Trail Road in Duffield, Virginia.