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Slide 1: Fort Wayne, Indiana Wired and Inspired to Compete in the Flat World Graham Richard, Mayor Fort Wayne, Indiana www.cityoffortwayne.org

Slide 5: Fort Wayne in the Flat World Strategic Action Plan (BHAG)  Urgency/Immediate Action  Partnerships  Bipartisan 

Slide 6: “The jobs are going to go where the best- educated workforce is with the most competitive infrastructure and environment for creativity and supportive government” -John Chambers CEO Cisco Systems Source: “The World is Flat”, pg. 323

Slide 7: Invest in Infrastructure Se t we or s r/W rk rp a Ai P ate r nways Gree Streets Bro adb Un and s l o ive o Lib h rs c S itie rar s ies

Slide 8: Building a Better City Quality Jobs  Safe City  B.E.S.T. 

Slide 9: Challenges January 1, 2000 – January 1, 2007 More People, More Territory  Revenue Down  Demands for Service Up  State and Federal Mandates Up  Tornadoes, Terrorism, Floods 

Slide 10: More Services, Fewer Employees 1999 2007 Change Population 190K 252K 33% Employees* 1027 1028 0% Miles of Roads 850 1200 41% Square Miles 79 109 39% *non-public safety employees

Slide 11: Increased Demand for Services 1999 2007 % Chg Fire Rescue Runs 7507 10300 37% Miles of Paving 20 50 150% Miles of Crack Sealing 11 95 764% Miles of Chip & Seal 10 14 40% Animals Handled 11241 16038 43% Animals Adopted 966 2076 115%

Slide 12: Strategic Focus Building a Better City to Retain and  Gain Jobs Leverage Talent, Teams,  Technology, Training, Tools, Trust Imagination, Investment,  Innovation

Slide 13: Wired and Inspired Broadband Access for All!

Slide 14: Public Safety Wireless Broadband

Slide 15: Indiana Data Center Fort Wayne Area WiFi Coverage

Slide 16: ACE Link Broadband Network 87 Schools   3,000 Teachers  54,000 Students  First community in Indiana to link all schools with broadband.

Slide 18: AceLink Teacher Training  Distance Learning  Virtual Town Hall Meeting 

Slide 19: Broadband FTTP – Fiber To The Premises  900 New Jobs  Over 128,000 Homes & Businesses

Slide 20: Fort Wayne, Indiana April 30 – May 2 www.killerappexpo.com

Slide 21: Mayor’s Innovation Initiative  Innovators Forum  Formation of Seed Capital Fund  iTeams For Broadband

Slide 22: iTeams Virtual Hearing 21st Medicine Sister E- Impaire Century (Camera City Learnin d Scholar HAP ) Net Connects g s Literac Museum y Consortiu m Medical iTeams Education iTeams iTeam Coordinator Medicare United Way Digital Internet Youth Day AV Training of Caring City Government iTeams Private Sector iTeams Service iTeams Intelligent ZOOM Bio-Fuel Traffic Control

Slide 23: Net Literacy/Senior Connect Empowering young people to increase computer availability and Internet literacy for underserved youth, families and seniors.

Slide 24: Net Literacy

Slide 26: Enabling the Hearing Impaired Greater independence of the deaf and hearing impaired community using the Video Relay Service over broadband

Slide 27: Enabling the Hearing Impaired Applications  Using full motion video over broadband, provide interpreter between a hearing individual and a hearing impaired caller  Reduce work load for DeafLink and League for the Blind and Disabled

Slide 28: Matthew 25 Video Clip

Slide 31: Power of Web Collaboration Stages 1 One – to – One 2 One – to – Many Now Many – to – Many

Slide 32: Massive Broadband Deployment  Real Time Interactivity  Rich Media Experiences  High Value Distance Collaboration  Quality Face to Face Interaction

Slide 33: Internet 2 Abilene Lambda Rail

Slide 35: Regional Public Safety Academy

Slide 36: Regional Public Safety Academy BUSINESS EDUCATIONAL WORKFORCE SAFETY PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING IVY TECH ANTHIS BUSINESS SECURITY CADET CORPS IPFW CYBER SECURITY 21st CENT SCHOLAR TAYLOR HAZMAT TRI-STATE OSHA INDIANA TECH ST FRANCIS ANTITERRORISM EMERGENCY RESPONDER TRAINING TRAINING SAFE CITY AND POLICE REGION FIRE NATIONAL GUARD EMS REGIONAL LEADERSHIP REGIONAL LEADERSHIP DOD TECH TRANSFER NATIONAL GUARD HEALTH DEPT

Slide 37: Broadband for Your Community Convene Broadband Action Teams • Collaborate with Partners • Create Broadband Strategic Action • Plan Carryout the plan •

Slide 38: “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must out run the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.” Source: “The World is Flat”, pg. 323

Slide 39: “It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.” Source: “The World is Flat”, pg. 323

Slide 40: Wired and Inspired to Compete in the Flat World www.cityoffortwayne.org