Richard Lowenberg was
the founding director of Telluride Institute's InfoZone Program,
a pragmatic model for enhanced community telecommunications infrastructure,
public services and opportunities.
Under his leadership, the small Southwest Rocky Mountain town
of Telluride was the first (non-university, non-corporate) community
in the U.S. to have a dedicated Internet POP, tied to a pervasive
community telecomputing network. The InfoZone program received
financial and technical support from: The Colorado Advanced Technology
Institute; US Dep't. of Commerce, EDA (author of the 1995 "Rural
Telecommunications and Economic Development Guide" web site)
and NTIA/TIIAP; Colorado Supernet; Apple Computer's Library of
Tomorrow Program; Tetherless Access, Ltd. (wireless community
WAN); U.S. West Communications; IBM; US Robotics and Global Village
Communications; InFocus Systems; the Colorado Trust and the National
Civic League's Healthy Communities Initiative ("REACH for
Health book and web site); the ESRI Conservation Technology Support
Program (GIS system); the Benton Foundation/National Endowment
for the Arts' Open Studio: Arts Online Initiative; the Town of
Telluride; San Miguel County and numerous regional businesses
and individuals.
Richard was Program Director of the Telluride Institute, Telluride,
Colorado, from its inception in 1984 until 1996; and co-organizer
of the Institute's Deep West Arts programs, Composer-to-Composer
events and the annual Telluride Ideas Festivals, including "Tele-Community
'93".
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