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Help Palo Alto Win Google Open Fiber

1. THE GOOGLE OFFER, WHAT IT MEANS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP

The Google offer of a blazing-fast open fiber network test in selected cities may mean about $50 million of leading edge infrastructure from Google for Palo Alto. A Google Open Fiber partnership with the City capitalizes on Palo Alto’s renowned innovative assets, and there are many – residents, businesses, startups, educators, health care professionals, venture capital, professional services, non-profits, families with students, and volunteers. See Support or scroll below.

Likely benefits are lower prices, ultra-fast Internet, reliability, and service choices. This is cleantech / greentech which enhances Palo Alto resource conservation and sustainability values. City risk approaches zero. When you study it closely, as I have, deciding to support Google Open Fiber becomes the biggest no-brainer in history.

From now to March 26, click the Google ‘Nominate your community’ button, this is civic engagement at its finest. A Google account is needed (see sample PDF form for help). On the nomination form ‘Get involved: Residents and community groups,’ fill in the *required blanks (for help and suggestions, see sample form – for residents/individuals or for community groups).

2. SPREAD THE WORD

Word needs to spread far and wide, quickly and repeatedly. One easy way is to copy and paste this entire page to your email, creatively reword it as you wish while retaining the hot links, then send your email to colleagues and friends; the more emails, the better. Both our daytime (about 130,000) and nighttime (about 65,000) populations should nominate Palo Alto. It is suggested you email companies, educational institutions, civic groups, non-profits, faith-based groups, charities, service clubs, VCs, professional firms, friends, neighbors and students of all ages, post to Newsgroups, List Servers, Groups, Facebook, and Twitter.

Please ask your recipients to further SPREAD THE WORD. A Google investment of, in effect, about $2,000 for every premise in town will deliver wide-ranging benefits over decades for businesses; startups and students; parents, grandparents and elders; VCs and professionals; you name it. This is good for everyone in Palo Alto, everyone wins. From today through March 26, spread the word.

More resources:

Support — Groups Updated 3:30 pm March 26, 2010

      1. 300 Hamilton Associates
      2. 305 Lytton
      3. 400 Hamilton Associates
      4. 539 Alma Associates, LLC
      5. Accent Arts
      6. Allana Buick & Bers, Inc.
      7. Amy Guthrie DDS
      8. Anna Eshoo, Member of Congress
      9. AOK Management LLC
      10. Avenue Florist
      11. B.H. Bocook, Architect, Inc.
      12. Baer Investors of Forest Plaza
      13. Barry Real Estate
      14. Berliner, Kidder & Tish
      15. Better Place
      16. Bleibler Properties
      17. Blind Squirrel Associates
      18. Borel Private Bank & Trust Co.
      19. Bressack & Wasserman Architects
      20. Brown Adams LLP
      21. C. Pavlovic Consulting
      22. California Pacific Commercial Corporation
      23. Cambridge Management, LLC
      24. Canopy
      25. Carrasco & Associates Architects, Inc.
      26. Casa Isabel
      27. Channing House
      28. Cody Anderson Wasney Architects, Inc.
      29. College Terrace Residents' Association
      30. Connect the Dots Silicon Valley
      31. Copy America
      32. Crist, Biorn, Shepherd & Roskoph
      33. Crow Digital Media
      34. Crustaceans Restaurant
      35. Darren McClung Estate and Precious Jewelry
      36. Davis & Company Realtors
      37. De Novo Ventures
      38. Delemos Properties
      39. Design Studio Gordana LLC
      40. Doty Barlow Britt & Thomas LLP
      41. Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center
      42. Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden
      43. Ely Family Partnership
      44. Emerson Park LP
      45. Endocrine Metabolic Med Center
      46. Essex Property Trust
      47. Evergreen Park Neighborhood Association
      48. EWS Real Estate
      49. Facebook
      50. Garden Court Hotel
      51. GB Accounting, Janice Yee
      52. Gerould and Player, LLP
      53. Globespan Capital Partners
      54. GrowthPoint Technology Partners
      55. H&Q Asia Pacific
      56. Hamilton & High, LLC
      57. Hamilton Management, Inc.
      58. Harrington Design
      59. Haven Capital Partners
      60. Herriot Research
      61. High Street Project
      62. Howard Crittendon, Property Owner
      63. IDEO
      64. Infrastructure Group LLC
      65. Inspire Real Estate Holdings LLC
      66. Institute for Personal Change
      67. iPaloAlto
      68. Irvin, Abrahamson & Company, CPAs
      69. JBM Page Mill LLC
      70. J J & F Foodstore
      71. Jeri Fink-State Farm Insurance
      72. Joanie’s Cafe
      73. JustVoters
      74. Keenan Land Company
      75. Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto
      76. Kollias Design
      77. Laurence S. Wong, DDS
      78. Law Office of Peter N. Brewer
      79. Letter Perfect
      80. LoveBugs
      81. Lovewell Company
      82. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
      83. Lucile Packard Foundation
      84. Magic
      85. Mantra Restaurant & Lounge
      86. MAP
      87. Martin Thomas Wealth Management LLC
      88. Matthews-Carlsen Bodywork
      89. Mavis Harrison
      90. MF Sherman LLC
      91. Midpeninsula Community Media Center
      92. Midtown Shoe Repair
      93. Milpitas & Dixon LLC
      94. Moldaw Family Residences
      95. Monika Stone Skin
      96. Morris Management
      97. Moxsie.com
      98. Mulcahy Family Dentistry
      99. Nellix Endovascular
      100. Nola Restaurant
      101. Northwall Builders
      102. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
      103. Pacific Consulting Group
      104. Palantis Technologies
      105. Palo Alto Baking Company
      106. Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
      107. Palo Alto Commons
      108. Palo Alto Community Fund
      109. Palo Alto Glass, Inc.
      110. Palo Alto Innovation Advisors, LLC
      111. Palo Alto Laser & Skin Care
      112. Palo Alto Medical Foundation
      113. Palo Alto Medical Imaging
      114. Palo Alto Online
      115. Palo Alto Theater Corp.
      116. Palo Alto Unified School District Administration
      117. Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education
      118. Palo Alto Venture Partners
      119. Palo Alto Weekly
      120. Park Automotive Service
      121. Participant Sports
      122. PCD Distribution Inc.
      123. Peninsula Open Space Trust
      124. Perspectives In Wood
      125. Peters, Peters and Elingson
      126. Premier Plastic Surgery
      127. Premier Property Management
      128. Premier Property Management
      129. Prime Maintenance
      130. Printers Inc. Cafe
      131. Quest Scholars Program
      132. R & M Properties
      133. Raygun Studio
      134. Rxdxr
      135. Seifers Leather & Luggage
      136. Simply Sandwiches
      137. Stanford Hospital & Clinics
      138. Stanford University
      139. Steve Dostart
      140. Stevenson House
      141. Stoecker and Northway Architects, Inc.
      142. Sugar Partners LLC
      143. Summit Partners
      144. Tallwood Venture Capital
      145. Tesla Motors
      146. The Counter
      147. The Princeton Review
      148. The Private Bank of the Peninsula
      149. The Wine Room
      150. Thoits Brothers, Inc.
      151. Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean
      152. Tom Parker, writer
      153. Tompert Design
      154. True Salon
      155. Vance Brown Inc.
      156. Watercourse Way
      157. Wave One
      158. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
      159. Wong GreenTech

Groups indicating their support via email or letter to the City are listed and are included in the City response to Google. The City does not know which groups or individuals have indicated their support directly to Google. All support is appreciated. Please report errors or omissions to iPaloAlto.

 

 
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