Late last week Rob Reynolds mentioned on Twitter that Google wanted to install fiber optics in selected cities across the nation and we thought it would be great if Topeka was one of the chosen cities!
Early this week Jared Starkey started a Facebook Group page to help support the cause. Alissa and I jumped on board to offer our help. We invited all our Topeka friends to the group and help startup a website to educate the public. The URL is ThinkBigTopeka.com, we strongly urge everyone in Topeka to check the group or site out and click this Google link to help nominate Topeka for Google Fiber.
If you are on Facebook, join this group and invite all your Topeka friends. We all want faster internet, why not let Google pay to lay the infrastructure?
If you have a camera you can make a YouTube video like John Ary did here.
Imagine Topeka as an a technology hot spot. A place where citizens, schools and businesses have unparalleled access to an internet connection so powerful they’re able to make daily life more efficient, just by residing here. Where, instead of waiting minutes or hours for a file to download or a video to load, it would occur in seconds, allowing technology to take us places we’ve never even imagined before. With Google’s Fiber Experiment, this is all completely possible.
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Last fall Transform Topeka helped with the Willow Park cleanup that was organized by the Topeka Tree Team and Keep America Beautiful. It was amazing how much was accomplished in one Saturday morning. This year the Topeka Tree Team is concentrating on beautifying “gateways” into our city. Read the rest of this entry »
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First, I’d like to apologize for being remiss about getting this up sooner. Now, for the review:
The vision listed under infrastructure is as follows: Shawnee County will build a community that promotes learning, health, safety and growth for all residents through long-term planning and best practices. I think this is probably a pretty fair assessment of just about all people everywhere Who doesn’t want this? But it is among the top 10 issues that were deemed the most important in our county. In fact, this section addresses 3 of the top ten issues. Here’s a copy of it so you to follow along.
The strategies are broken into 10 areas of infrastructure… almost like a wish list. We’ve all mentioned this before, but this is an ala carte type of thing.
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Currently, I own and operate Moments Imagined, an event planning firm. Out of the last 4 weddings that I've worked, only one couple live in Topeka.
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Who doesn’t want this? But it is among the top 10 issues that were deemed the most important in our county. In fact, this section addresses 3 of the top ten issues. 
