The Monroe County Gigabit Project\u00a0meeting\u00a0and Pennsylvania Accelerator Awards presentation has been rescheduled to Thursday, January 18,\u00a02018\u00a0at 9:00 a.m. Last December, the Pennsylvania Acceleration Project collected nominations for its first annual Pennsylvania Accelerator Awards.<\/p>\n
At the January 18th<\/sup>\u00a0meeting, the Pennsylvania Acceleration Project will present the\u00a02017 Pennsylvania Accelerator Awards<\/b>\u00a0to deserving organizations and individuals that have advanced the acceleration of technology, technology-infrastructure and workforce training across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n Also at the meeting, there will be several more important updates for the\u00a0Monroe County Gigabit Project<\/b>.<\/p>\n Without precedent in the United States, the Monroe County Gigabit Project recently announced two (2) Gigabit investments made in Monroe County, by PenTeleData and NCN Data, Inc., both without taxpayer funding.\u00a0These investments were promulgated and promoted in part by and through the RFP issued by the Monroe County Gigabit Project.<\/p>\n Monroe\u00a0Gigabit\u00a0Project meetings are hosted by the\u00a0Monroe\u00a02030 Action Team, Pocono Mountains Economic Development\u00a0Corporation, East Stroudsburg University, and the ESU Center for Research and Economic Development.<\/p>\n