{"id":719,"date":"2015-12-09T03:13:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T03:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrodevelopmentgroup.com\/epperson\/first-smart-gigabit-community-in-u-s-coming-to-pasco-county\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:48:46","slug":"first-smart-gigabit-community-in-u-s-coming-to-pasco-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrodevelopmentgroup.com\/epperson\/first-smart-gigabit-community-in-u-s-coming-to-pasco-county\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST \u201cSMART GIGABIT COMMUNITY\u201d IN U. S. 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Metro Development Group, which is driving the planning for the \u201cConnected City Corridor,\u201d first met with US Ignite several years ago as the company\u2019s leaders thought about ways to create a high-tech community. As the idea started to take shape, Metro engaged with Pasco County to partner on the project.<\/p>\n<p>US Ignite will work with Metro Development Group and Pasco County officials to share best practices and smart Gigabit applications from other US Ignite cities for the benefit of Pasco residents and businesses, while also offering advice on recruiting tech-savvy companies that require Gigabit internet access.<\/p>\n<p>US Ignite, established in cooperation with the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is already working with a number of other communities to take advantage of Gigabit technology, including Kansas City, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; and Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>However, efforts in those cities involve retrofitting existing neighborhoods, not building in a 7,800-acre special planning area from the ground up. The new \u201cConnected City Corridor,\u201d to be located between Wesley Chapel and San Antonio, is expected to attract businesses, retailers and residents to an area built around Gigabit-enabled applications and services that promise to deliver new advances in education, healthcare, public safety, energy, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p>We expect Gigabit fiber access to help ensure economic development, quality jobs, and an excellent quality of life in Pasco County,\u201d said William Wallace, Executive Director of US Ignite. \u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity to create an entrepreneurial community well positioned to compete in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century, offering a vibrant place to live and to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new community is in a special planning area bordered by State Road 52, I-75, Curley Road and Overpass Road. Metro Development, which is taking a lead role in planning for the area, will build residential developments in areas previously known as Epperson Ranch, Cannon Ranch and Ashley Groves as part of the new community. Preliminary development work has already commenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to work with US Ignite on these initiatives,\u201d said Kartik Goyani, Vice President of Operations of Metro Development, who is working with Mike Lawson, the company\u2019s Director of Land Development, to lead the \u201cConnected City Corridor\u201d project. \u201cGigabit technology is transforming the business landscape around the country, and this new community will be one of Florida\u2019s top destinations for companies looking for the advantages this connectivity can provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Ted Schrader of the Pasco County Commission: \u201cCertainly, the county can\u2019t plan a tech-friendly community in a vacuum, and US Ignite\u2019s contributions will be invaluable. As the planning of this community takes shape, we expect the combination of an excellent location, a business-friendly county and the nation\u2019s fastest Internet service to be a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cConnected City Corridor\u201d in Pasco County designated as the first planned \u201cSmart Gigabit Community\u201d in the U.S. Innovation group US Ignite will work with Metro Development on planning Land O\u2019Lakes, Fla.\u00a0(December 8, 2015) \u2013 A new area in Pasco County dubbed the \u201cConnected City Corridor\u201d has been designated as the first planned \u201cSmart Gigabit Community\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIRST \u201cSMART GIGABIT COMMUNITY\u201d IN U. 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