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MCNC Selects Kimley-Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -MCNC today announced that Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas."
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MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit http://www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. 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MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and directfiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina.
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"It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where
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North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobaccodependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with KimleyHorn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will
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benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and eNC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middlemile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888)
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and lastmile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and lastmile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and directfiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space
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online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobaccodependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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SOURCE: Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh−Durham, NC) AUDIENCE: 139,941 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 11−04−2010 HEADLINE: MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Source Website MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI PR Newswire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,Nov. 4, 2010/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−MCNC today announced that Kimley−Horn and Associates, Inc.has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already−installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle−mile fiber infrastructure and direct−fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley−Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley−Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle−mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley−Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private−sector 1
partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K−20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last−mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high−speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e−NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley−Horn Kimley−Horn and Associates is a 1,500−person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years,and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News−Record. Kimley−Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non−profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K−20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non−profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System,Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org.
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About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K−12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future−proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non−profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non−profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105 Source: MCNC Back to Press Releases Index The information on this page is provided by PR Newswire. All rights reserved. Reproduction or redistribution of this content without prior written consent from PR Newswire is strictly prohibited.National is not responsible for this content. PR Toolkit powered by PR Newswire See your news in Bizjournals & other media. How?Distribute your Release through PR Newswire.For a limited time, get a 1−Year Membership to PR Newswire FREE of charge.FIND OUT MORE (c) 2010 American City Business Journals, Inc.and its licensors. All rights reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of bizjournals. Use of, or registration on, this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Highlights: NC, NORTH CAROLINA, North_Carolina, MCNC, N.C, Golden LEAF, Rural Broadband Initiative, Broadband Technologies Opportunities, BTOP, North Carolina, North Carolina, Research and Education Network, NCREN, mcnc.org
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form privatesector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN
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The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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SOURCE: Business Journal Charlotte (NC) AUDIENCE: 64,906 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 11−04−2010 HEADLINE: MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Source Website MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI PR Newswire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,Nov. 4, 2010/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−MCNC today announced that Kimley−Horn and Associates, Inc.has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already−installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle−mile fiber infrastructure and direct−fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley−Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley−Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle−mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley−Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private−sector 1
partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K−20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last−mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high−speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e−NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley−Horn Kimley−Horn and Associates is a 1,500−person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years,and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News−Record. Kimley−Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non−profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K−20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non−profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System,Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org.
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About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K−12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future−proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non−profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non−profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105 Source: MCNC The information on this page is provided by PR Newswire. All rights reserved. Reproduction or redistribution of this content without prior written consent from PR Newswire is strictly prohibited.National is not responsible for this content. PR Toolkit powered by PR Newswire See your news in Bizjournals & other media. How?Distribute your Release through PR Newswire.For a limited time, get a 1−Year Membership to PR Newswire FREE of charge.FIND OUT MORE (c) 2010 American City Business Journals, Inc.and its licensors. All rights reserved. Highlights: NC, NORTH CAROLINA, North_Carolina, MCNC, N.C, Golden LEAF, Rural Broadband Initiative, Broadband Technologies Opportunities, BTOP, North Carolina, North Carolina, Research and Education Network, NCREN, mcnc.org
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SOURCE: Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (Greensboro,NC) AUDIENCE: 22,527 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 11−04−2010 HEADLINE: MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Source Website MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI PR Newswire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,Nov. 4, 2010/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−MCNC today announced that Kimley−Horn and Associates, Inc.has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already−installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle−mile fiber infrastructure and direct−fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley−Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley−Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle−mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley−Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private−sector 1
partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K−20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last−mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high−speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e−NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley−Horn Kimley−Horn and Associates is a 1,500−person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years,and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News−Record. Kimley−Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non−profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K−20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non−profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System,Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org.
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About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K−12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future−proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non−profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non−profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105 Source: MCNC The information on this page is provided by PR Newswire. All rights reserved. Reproduction or redistribution of this content without prior written consent from PR Newswire is strictly prohibited.National is not responsible for this content. PR Toolkit powered by PR Newswire See your news in Bizjournals & other media. How?Distribute your Release through PR Newswire.For a limited time, get a 1−Year Membership to PR Newswire FREE of charge.FIND OUT MORE (c) 2010 American City Business Journals, Inc.and its licensors. All rights reserved. Highlights: NC, NORTH CAROLINA, North_Carolina, MCNC, N.C, Golden LEAF, Rural Broadband Initiative, Broadband Technologies Opportunities, BTOP, North Carolina, North Carolina, Research and Education Network, NCREN, mcnc.org
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced
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communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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SOURCE: Charlotte (NC) Observer AUDIENCE: 629,572 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 11−04−2010 HEADLINE: MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Source Website MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Thursday November 04, 2010 − 16:45 PM EDT PRNewsWire News Releases Released By MCNC This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,Nov. 4, 2010/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−MCNC today announced that Kimley−Horn and Associates, Inc.has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already−installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle−mile fiber infrastructure and direct−fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley−Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley−Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle−mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley−Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the 1
progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private−sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K−20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last−mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high−speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e−NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley−Horn Kimley−Horn and Associates is a 1,500−person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years,and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News−Record. Kimley−Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non−profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K−20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non−profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System,Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit 2
www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K−12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future−proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non−profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one−half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco−dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non−profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105 Source: MCNC Highlights: NC, NORTH CAROLINA, MCNC, Golden LEAF, Rural Broadband Initiative, N.C, Broadband Technologies Opportunities, BTOP, North Carolina, North Carolina, Research and Education Network, NCREN, mcnc.org
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SOURCE: Raleigh (NC) News & Observer AUDIENCE: 504,441 [provided by Nielsen//NetRatings] DATE: 11−04−2010 HEADLINE: MCNC Selects Kimley−Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI Source Website This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,Nov. 4, 2010/PRNewswire−USNewswire/ −−MCNC today announced that Kimley−Horn and Associates, Inc.has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already−installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle−mile fiber infrastructure and direct−fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley−Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley−Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle−mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley−Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private−sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K−20 education institutions. This project includes more than a 1
thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K−12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last−mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high−speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e−NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private−sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley−Horn Kimley−Horn and Associates is a 1,500−person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years,and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News−Record. Kimley−Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non−profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K−20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non−profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System,Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K−12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century 2
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) Share: Rating: and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or
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About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – MCNC says that Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation’s top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. © 2010, TechJournal South. All rights reserved. Share/Save Tags: broadband initiative, engineering contract, Golden Leaf Foundation, Kimley-Horn, MCNC
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MCNC broadband project Image 1 of 3 · Next Image… By Local Tech Wire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Kimley-Horn and Associates will provide the engineering design and environmental assessments for the expansion of the North Carolina Research and Education Network. MCNC announced the Raleigh-based firm as the winner of the $6.5 million contract on Thursday. NCREN will be expanded across North Carolina with $106 million in funding from federal grants, private sector partners, a $24 million grant from the Golden LEAF economic development group, and MCNC’s own resources. MCNC already has awarded contracts for the first phase of the NCREN expansion. The contract is the first one awarded for the project which MCNC calls the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative. Kimley-Horn will help design and study the environmental impact of the 1,200 mile project. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state,” said Tommy Jacobson, vice president of network infrastructure initiatives for MCNC. “We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." The first phase of NCREN expansion will cost $40 million with $28.2 million coming from federal grants. For more information about the NCREN projects, visit here. Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter.
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MCNC Selects Kimley-Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI PR Newswire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MCNC today announced that Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. "It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form private-sector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. 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Engineering Megafirm Gets $6.5 Million in Taxpayer Dollars for Rural Broadband November 05, 2010 By: NCTechNews Category: Broadband (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) MCNC has announced that Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. “The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state,” said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. “We’re excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state.” Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation’s top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina. “It’s significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project,” said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. “As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form privatesector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas.”
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MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state’s K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP’s Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC’s Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state. Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC’s awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state’s rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC’s BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina’s K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina’s education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation’s first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina’s economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina’s funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobaccodependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and nonprofits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404.
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Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state.
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Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org. About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www goldenleaf org or call (888) 684 8404
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MCNC Selects Kimley-Horn for Engineering Design Services for GLRBI PR Newswire This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MCNC today announced that Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million. The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state." Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina. The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs
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This is the first contract awarded for the $106 million Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MCNC today announced that Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has been selected for Engineering Design Services and Environmental Assessments relating to the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). The total contract is estimated at $6.5 million.
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The GLRBI is a $106 million broadband infrastructure project that on Aug. 18 received $75.75 million through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) and a $24 million matching grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. An additional $6.55 million in match was raised from the MCNC endowment, donations of land from individual community colleges, universities and others, and a donation of already-installed conduit in northeastern North Carolina from the Albemarle Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. MCNC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Sept. 9 with bids closing on Oct. 4. The RFP sought to identify an appropriate vendor(s) to provide outside plant engineering and an environmental assessment relating to the construction of approximately 1,200 miles of middle-mile fiber infrastructure and direct-fiber connections to 170 community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities, and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) through the GLRBI. "The Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative through MCNC will open doors to distance learning and other economic growth opportunities for citizens in rural areas across the state," said Mark Wilson, chairman and CEO at Kimley-Horn. "We're excited about the opportunity to put our expertise to work on such an important project for our home state."
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Kimley-Horn and Associates, headquartered in Raleigh, is one of the nation's top design engineering and planning firms. The firm has six offices in North Carolina.
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The GLRBI bridges the prosperity gap by delivering broadband infrastructure to much of rural North Carolina and by building both middle-mile infrastructure and direct connections to CAIs in the rural northeastern (east of Henderson and Rocky Mount), northwestern (Asheville to Boone), north central (east of Sparta to Henderson), south central (Charlotte to Wilmington), and Graham County portions of North Carolina.
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"It's significant that as MCNC begins to construct the 400 miles of fiber included in our first BTOP award that we also announce the first contract related to the GLRBI. We are pleased to begin the planning process for the GLRBI with Kimley-Horn being selected to lead the design and the environmental portion of the project," said Tommy Jacobson, MCNC Vice President of Network Infrastructure Initiatives. "As we build on the progress we have made this year, this second round project will be a significant step in serving the broadband needs of our community anchor institutions in rural areas of the state. We hope to form privatesector partnerships so that the benefits of this infrastructure can be extended to businesses and consumers in these rural areas." MCNC will use the GLRBI award to further expand the existing North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In its operation of NCREN, MCNC currently serves the backbone Intranet and Internet network needs of almost all of the state's K-20 education institutions. This project includes more than a thousand miles of new fiber throughout 69 counties that will ensure K-12 schools, universities, community colleges, university hospitals and other CAIs will have access to unlimited amounts of bandwidth now and into the future. Consumers and small businesses along the fiber build also will be reached with enhanced broadband service through wholesale and last-mile commercial telecommunications and cable providers with whom MCNC has and is forming partnerships. Prior to the GLRBI award, MCNC received $28.2 million through BTOP's Round 1 phase in January to fund the engineering and construction of approximately 400 miles of new fiber to expand the optical footprint of NCREN in southeastern and western North Carolina. MCNC raised $11.7 million in matching funds for its successful Round 1 application through private sources, including $4 million from the MCNC endowment, making the total project a $40 million investment in broadband infrastructure. No state tax dollars were used to fund this project. The GLRBI builds on MCNC's Round 1 BTOP award to where North Carolina now will benefit from more than $140 million to expand high-speed connectivity in rural unserved and underserved portions of the state.
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Requests for Proposals and other announcements associated with GLRBI are forthcoming. Both of MCNC's awards are a part of a coordinated strategy developed by the Office of the Governor, the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery & Investment and e-NC, the state's rural broadband authority, to improve broadband access for businesses and residents in underserved areas. Once all work is complete, the two rounds of BTOP infrastructure have the potential to serve directly, or through MCNC partnerships with private-sector service providers, more than 1,500 anchor institutions, 180,000 businesses, and reach more than 300,000 underserved families. For more information regarding all of MCNC's BTOP activities, visit MCNC/BTOP Central Web Space online. About Kimley-Horn
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Kimley-Horn and Associates is a 1,500-person firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., with over 60 offices nationwide. The firm has been listed among the top 100 Best Firms to Work For by Fortune for the last six years, and is ranked among the top 20 pure design firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Kimley-Horn provides planning and design consulting services related to transportation and technology, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning/landscape architecture, energy, and water resources. About MCNC MCNC is an independent, non-profit organization that employs advanced networking technologies and systems to continuously improve learning and collaboration throughout North Carolina's K-20 education community. MCNC provides advanced communications technologies and support services that enable access to 21st century learning applications and offers the opportunity to improve teaching, learning, research and collaboration among North Carolina's education community. For a quarter century, the 501c3 non-profit organization, MCNC, has operated a robust, secure, exclusive communications network that has connected the institutions of the University of North Carolina System, Duke University and Wake Forest University to each other and through advanced research networks such as Internet2 and National Lambda Rail, to the world. Visit www.mcnc.org.
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About NCREN The North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) is one of the nation's first statewide education and research networks. It provides broadband communications technology services and support to K-12 school districts, higher education campuses and academic research institutions across North Carolina. MCNC offers the NCREN network, technology tools and services to guarantee equal access to 21st century learning by providing a future-proof technology network that is the foundation for change and innovation in our educational systems. It creates possibility and provides an equitable educational experience throughout the state. About the Golden LEAF Foundation The Golden LEAF Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina's economy. The foundation receives one-half of North Carolina's funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobaccodependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and non-profits to achieve its mission. The foundation has awarded 1,003 grants worth over $471 million since its inception. To learn more about applying for a grant, visit www.goldenleaf.org or call (888) 684.8404. MCNC Communications Hotline: +1 (919) 248.4105
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