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ECCC's Riley takes lea • Chamber pushes area technology program East Central Community College's Ma:thew Riley has been placed in the · for the development of Leake County up the alley of a fellow working with East Central CC. MetroCast's decision to replace all cable television infrastructure with fihe1 optic cable. "Because," he explained, "this is a good

• an inrelligent community. She coordinator and personal deH~lopment specialist at ECCC's Carthage career advancement center, Riley has been named chairman of the informally named Leake County Intelligent C immunity Council.

way for Leake County to be on the cutting edge of this innova tive initiative to bring this tech nology in for business and industry and economic develop ment. "This is why I jumped on this. Leake County is in a position where we can benefit from this technology." The technology is high speed, broadband internet connectivity for Carthage. resulting from

In addition to the improved senice ~. cable customers, the company said il se aside more than enough parallel intt:rne capacity for businesses to access. The decisions left Carthage as pcr'liap the only city in Mississippi with full h1g? speed internet capacity for outgoin!! an< incoming transmission. That in hand, the Chamber pushed to bike interest in the econ potential for the entire commun

Steve Watson has been named ~,ce chair for the effort being driv en by the Leake County Chamber of Commerce. However, the job seemed right RILEY

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• tLLL ---------7-----~,,u..-av.u_~ - -cih'1g a planned pub- .i:::.e.o-cing Thursday, Oct. :: a-: 12:3-C p.m. in the old e_:::::i?ntary school on • - ~ Van Buren Street. really bring the college to the people." East Central, he said, "Part of the the implications can be for the local economy. The Oct. 16 meeting will be part ofthe process, Riley said. "The average· guy

20/20 vision (Dr. Stewart's long range, strategic plan for the community college) is to expand our initiatives in local communities," Riley said. "This is our responsibil ity, to reach out to the communities in initiatives like this one. And we will continue to look for other opportunities." Part of the initial push to develop interest in the internet technology has been to bring Leake coun tians up to speed on what

was using the technology for workforce training, long the bailiwick of the Magnolia State's copunu nity college system, and for "instructional deliv ery," in short teaching classes from sociology and psychology to history. Moreover, Riley said, East Central's recently installed president, Dr. Billy Stewart, had a plan and the Leake County project fit the bill.

bile Riley said he was ~di ab..iut the poten 1.eake County, he ECOC has a lead in _,..,area. ?.:a:· Ce.:.tral. he said, 1lra3i the fus community ccC;e:.'e m th~ :::.tate to ~=e-: \ideo confer- ~ - ffe-r classes at ~ locau.!l,:, to keep - r = from nanng to to

would want to get .inf9r· mation about how Leake County plans to grow through technology," he said. "I'm still learning myself." The meeting, he said, would be "an information gathering session on how the resources can benefit them, their children as well as their community."

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