On December 18, 2009, the White House announced the nation’s first 18 ARRA broadband stimulus awards, with the State Library’s “Fast Forward” initiative being the first awardee in New Mexico.   The NTIA Sustainable Broadband Adoption grant of nearly $1.5 million will go to the State Library and project partner organizations, the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Program, the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship and the 1st-Mile Institute.

The 1st-Mile Institute’s portion of the grant provides needed seed funding to organize and host “Info-Eco”, a two part program: a New Mexico Broadband Conference and an Open Broadband Economic Summit, in 2010.  

The 1st-Mile Institute’s outreach and education initiatives are also supported by grants from the New Mexico McCune Foundation.

Additional partner organizations and companies are now invited to join us to financially support and participate the 1st-Mile Institute’s state and national “Info-Eco” 2010 programs.

Contact:   Richard Lowenberg    505-989-9110      rl@1st-mile.com