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SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard | 2016-06-27 | 5 | EBB(" EAST BAY BROADBAND CONSORTIUM STRATEGIC PLAN CONTEXT The East Bay Broadband Consortium (EBBC) is a regional initiative covering Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. EBBC has 41 formal organizational and institutional members and has been endorsed by 25 leadership organizations. EBBC has received a three year grant from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The first year of the grant was devoted to the production of this Strategic Plan and Years 2 and 3 will be used to implement the Strategic Plan. The Steering Committee for EBBC is composed of the Contra Costa Economic Partnership, the East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA), the Solano Economic Development Corporation (Solano EDC), and the East Bay Community Foundation. The Contra Costa Economic Partnership is serving as fiscal agent for EBBC and Sustainable Systems and Applied Development Economics are serving as consultants to EBBC. The regional planning process that has led to the formation of EBBC identified seven key aspects of an East Bay Strategic Framework with a specific vision statement associated with each aspect. The seven key aspects and their vision statements are as follows: 1. Broadband Infrastructure: a) The East Bay is progressing toward becoming an international leader in both wireline and wireless secure broadband infrastructure with an effective plan for accomplishing and maintaining that leadership. b) Broadband infrastructure investments are being leveraged and connected. c) The East Bay is also becoming a "Smart Region" with smart buildings, smart workplaces, a smart grid, and smart transportation leading to a more sustainable economy and way of life. 2. Digital Inclusion: a) The digital divide is being eliminated in the East Bay, with digital literacy leading to digital mastery and digital advocacy. b) Increasingly, the region's residents and workforce are bettering their lives by connecting to affordable Broadband and by becoming more effective at using it in their homes, schools, workplaces, public access locations, and/or through smart mobile devices and in their access to education, jobs, health care, social services, public safety/emergency services, and civic engagement. 3. Economic Development: a) Businesses throughout the East Bay are attaining business advantage through better Broadband connectivity. b) The East Bay region is home to a growing and thriving Broadband-oriented business cluster. c) Broadband-related 1 | SubcommitteeoftheCityCouncilandSchoolBoard/2016-06-27.pdf |