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This guide was created to match local employers, parents, and prospective students in Virginia's Region 2000 with the many career tech programs available through our local schools and non-profit organizations that guides students towards careers in: Architecture, Construction, Information Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

This report summarizes the highlights of the past year which includes events, awards, press, and volunteer activities.

This report summarizes the highlights of the past year which includes events, awards, press, and volunteer activities.

Regional Broadband Infrastructure Study - May 2004 (2.5MB)

The purpose of the project was to provide the economic development departments in the region with an assessment of the high-speed Internet capability available in the Region 2000 area. The primary goal of this project was to discover who were the Internet providers in the region, what they had to offer and where they offered it. The study served two purposes.  First was to identify and catalog the broadband resources in the region with an emphasis on discovering the region’s strengths and weakness in this area. The second was to suggest solutions to the problem areas as well as how the region should proceed to implement the suggested solutions.

Technology Park Development Guide -  October 2004 (246KB)

The Region 2000 Technology Council commissioned the guide to provide technology park development guidance to Region 2000 Economic Developers and other community leaders.  The guide identifies the various development strategies and elements of other successful technology parks. The guide is being used to assist in: infrastructure configurations, identifications of proven commercial, research and education collaborations, and make suggestions to attract public/private investment financing. The study also identified next generation land-based and wireless communication business/industries that need to be included within a technology park to best utilize and profit from the future fiber optic capabilities to be provided by the e58 Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative.