Update 3:30 PM 29 January 2014: Thursday 30 January 2014 session cancelled due to weather; come to the 6 February 2014 meeting instead.

Received by email and there’s a facebook event. -jsq

Good Morning and Happy New Year!

We would like to invite you to one or more workshops to help us develop a Digital Economy Plan for our Region.

The Southern Georgia Regional Commission, in partnership with the Georgia Technology Authority, is coordinating and developing a Digital Economy Plan for the 18 counties in the South Georgia Region to identify the unique characteristics of the digital economy in our region, its strengths, weaknesses, its needs and its opportunities.

The focus and intent of the plan is to document existing digital resources, assets and opportunities within the Region in terms of infrastructure, services and technology; but also to identify existing and future weaknesses and gaps in those same areas.

The workshops are intended to cover a wide cross-section of business/industry sectors including agriculture, population groups, as well as the health and education sectors to assess these needs and opportunities of the digital economy within our Region. These workshops will provide an excellent opportunity for input and feedback about Georgia’s and this Region’s goal to grow the Digital Economy and we encourage everyone to attend at least one of the five workshops scheduled. A survey will be part of the workshop. This survey will also be distributed within the region to gather broader information and feedback on the regional digital economy as part of a larger statistical analysis. The survey will be available on-line for a specified period of time.

Workshop Information:

Location: Southern Georgia Regional Commission, 327 W. Savannah Ave, Valdosta, GA

Time: 10 a.m. to 2:30p, lunch is included

When:

January 30, 2014	—Internet/Broadband Service Providers
February 6, 2014	— Economic Development Group including Chambers of Commerce, Business, Industries, Business and Industrial Authorities
February 20, 2014	— Health Sector Group including Hospitals
February 27, 2014	— Local Government Group
March 6, 2014	— Education Group including K-12 Schools, Universities, Technical/Vocational Colleges and Schools

Please e-mail your RSVP for one or more of these workshops to Julia Shewchuk, jshewchuk@sgrc.us, at the Southern Georgia Regional Commission.

We also encourage you and would appreciate it very much, if you would pass on this invitation to any person or groups that you feel should be attending one or more of these workshops.

For any questions or further information, please also contact us at 229-333-5277.

Given the recent historical baggage of the term digital economy a different name might have been preferable, but at least SGRC is trying.

-jsq

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