Introduction
| The Smart Communities Project in Central Alberta submitted a Letter of Intent on August 5, 1999. Our project was one of five Alberta projects shortlisted by Industry Canada.
Though we didn't receive the $5,000,000 prize, the process helped us focus on an Information Highway strategy for Central Alberta. It also started us on the way to building these important projects. They include: |
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| The Urban Community Access Program (CAP) project for Red Deer. This was undertaken by the Smart Communities planning group, and the successful proposal resulted in 23 public access sites in Red Deer. You can download the Urban CAP proposal, in Word '97 format, here. Urban CAP information is here.
For more information on the Red Deer Urban CAP Project, please contact Dan Newton, IT Manager at the City of Red Deer. On May 1, 2000, John Manley, Minister of Industry, announced the grant winners from the first round of Urban CAP. CAEP's proposal for 23 public Internet access sites in the city of Red Deer was successful - we will receive $307,000 in matching funding. |
The Industry-Education Portal of the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) was made possible by Smart Communities planning and grants from Telus and Alberta Economic Development.
The portal is at http://ie.centralalberta.ab.ca. The Project Team contains representatives from the following organizations:
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RedNeT is a partnership to build a fibre-optic network in the City of Red Deer. It was also planned by many of the participants in Smart Communities planning. The RedNeT partners include:
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The people involved in Central Alberta's Smart Communities planning have been involved in planning for The Alberta SuperNet. This project will transform Central Alberta and the rest of the province, by connecting every community to a fibre-optic network.
Central Alberta is the focus of the very first stages of the SupeNet, with Segment 7 (Rocky Mountain House to Red Deer) being the first part of the network to be tested (late 2002, early 2003). More information here: |
| And the Winner is... Calgary!
On May 11, 2000 John MacDonald, Chair of the Smart Communities Selection Committee, made the announcement of the 12 winners in the Smart Communities Demonstation Project competition. Though Central Alberta did not win the competition, we're forging ahead: here is the press release explaining future plans. |
You can download our Smart Communities Letter of Intent in Word '97 format here. A summary of the Business Plan, also in Word '97 format is here. For more information on Smart Communities, go to Industry Canada's website. |
| The Smart Communities Project has been undertaken by the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP).
For more information on Central Alberta's Smart Communities projects, please contact the Project Leader, Dean Frey, Director of Red Deer Public Library. |
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| Net2001
Here is a presentation Dean Frey made to the CANARIE Net2001 Conference in Calgary. |
Smart2000
This excellent conference is now over - the Central Alberta team was very well received, learned alot and met some great people from around the world. Here's the Powerpoint presentation Mayor Surkan and our panel made on the final day of the conference. |
Smart Resources
| Industry Canada Community Access Program | Central Alberta Websites
Central Alberta Economic Partnership |
| Feedback
Here are some news stories about SC fall-out: Kingston |
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Alberta Smart Communities Submissions
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International Smart Communities
World Foundation for Smart Communities This site includes the following useful documents and articles:
Lots happening in Britain: |
| Canadian Smart Community Projects
Smart Rural Community Pilot Project - Tatamagouche and Area (N.S.) |
U.S. Smart Communities
Smart Valley (Santa Clara County) Joint Venture: Silicon Valley's project - their Internet Cluster Analysis discusses what it takes for a region to support high tech companies. IBM's Center for Electronic Communities (Institue for Electronic Government) has lots of useful case studies and articles. Net at Two Rivers (Sacramento) - "Building the Region Through Information, Training, and Technology" Telementoring Project |
Portal Software Sites
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About Portal Software
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| Books and Conference Papers
William Mitchell's very interesting 1995 book City of Bits has a website with web links. Papers from the 1999 Conference Get Smart! : Economic Development, Libraries, and Smart Communities |
Rural Issues
Nicholas Negroponte's June 1999 article "Being Rural": "Because of telecommunications, the rural returnees enjoy a safer, saner, cleaner, and more private lifestyle, while staying very much connected to learning, work, and art. |
Conferences
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Municipal Infrastructure
SRI Strategic Resources Inc. - a Telus company |
| New and Interesting!
Wow! this is really cool and very, very relevant!: the "Bedford Falls" e-community test portal site from IBM shows what our portal might look like. Fake information, but real-life applications. |
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