economic development administration

Cellular sites have no impact on property values

13 December 2012 by Steve Blum
economic development administration, mobile, mobile broadband, regulation, wireless broadband

Noise level does not equate to economic impact. Cellular tower opponents talk a lot (including on their mobile phones – go figure) and can be extremely disruptive at public meetings. Not to mention the damage they do to broadband improvement efforts. But their bark has no bite in the Silicon Valley real estate market.

Joint Venture Silicon Valley has completed a study of the impact of cellular sites on property values in Palo Alto, Redwood City, Saratoga and San Jose.… More

EDA opens new source for broadband funding with $2 million for San Leandro conduit

1 October 2012 by Steve Blum
commercial real estate, community networks, dark fiber, economic development administration, EDA, fiber market study, funding, lit san leandro, san leandro

The City of San Leandro will fill in key gaps in broadband availability in industrial and commercial areas, thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The press release is here.

As far as we can tell, this award is the first ever given by EDA for a community broadband project, with credit largely due to the City’s economic and business development staff. They worked closely with the EDA to develop the innovative framework required and to meet the stringent requirements of the program.

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