One of our favorite events of the year is Broadband Communities Magazine's annual Economic Development Conference, being held this week in Ontario, California. Several hundred local officials and industry experts convene to parse through how communities can successfully forge ahead with fiber projects. Bob Knight, Executive VP & COO of Harrison Edwards, will be speaking on three panels pertaining to building political will/project funding, telehealth, and real estate developm

Bob Knight, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Harrison Edwards, Inc. announced today that the firm has signed on as a sponsor of Great Lakes Connect Broadband Development Conference. Great Lakes Connect will bring together industry and civic leaders from communities throughout the Midwest, a region where municipal gigabit-speed broadband deployment is catching on quickly. This year's inaugural Great Lakes Connect is produced by the same team as Mountain Co

Harrison Edwards Strategic Communications is working with the City of Los Angeles to advance the city’s high-speed broadband footprint. “Even the nation’s second-largest city has its share of connectivity challenges,” says Carolyn B. Mandelker, CEO, Harrison Edwards. The firm will consult regarding stakeholder engagement and project funding, similar to the work the Armonk, New York-based company completed recently in southern Illinois. Earlier in June, Harrison Edwards presen

It's a startling statistic. Over 90% of proposed community broadband projects in the United States are not funded and get scrapped. Expensive plans drawn up by consultants are being shelved at an alarming rate. The problem is community leaders have had their focus on technical solutions and legal matters, without paying adequate attention to the community (voters) throughout the process. In his new article in the October 2017 issue of Broadband Communities Magazine, our execu

Harrison Edwards team members will be facilitating work groups on October 9th at the Broadband Impact Symposium in Highland, Illinois. The symposium will bring together business leaders, community members, government officials, nonprofit agencies, and anchor institutions to identify ways to grow the city's economy on top of Highland's new gigabit-speed fiber network. Also attending the symposium will be dozens of officials throughout the State of Illinois and leaders from the

Bob Knight, Harrison Edwards' Executive VP, Digital and Chief Operating Officer, has been tapped to moderate "City Solutions: Networks & Data," at the Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo on June 26, 2017, at the Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas. The fast-moving session features major technology companies presenting to a panel of global city officials. According to Bob, the session is a great opportunity for municipal officials to learn what makes each technology pla