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The Broadband Connection: Jobs, Justice and Sustainable Communities Laura Efurd, ZeroDivide October 7, 2010
3 Broadband & Community Economic Development
4 Connecting Communities Via Broadband Wireless broadband in Little Tokyo and surrounding area of Los Angeles Free outdoor wireless 158 homes with broadband 176 Daily Users
5 Connecting people & place, past & present
6 Connecting Small Businesses
7 Connecting Communities to Skills and Training
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9 Education and Job Skills 100% Graduation Rate compared to 81% Long Beach Unified Over 100 youth trained in real world technology skills Paid “jobs” or stipends for 40+ youth College-prep activities and counseling
10 SROI: Change Agent Productions
11 Sustainability Earned $110,000, over 250% increase over projections Exceeded revenue in the first 6 months of operations Operating profit was $176,500 Doubled their new customer projections Recruited over 100 minority youth and trained over 100 clients