Maverick County Broadband Survey Results and Recommendations to be Presented on September 2, 2022 Meeting
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022
The Maverick County Broadband Survey Results and Recommendations will be presented at a public meeting on Friday, September 2, 2022 at 10 a.m. at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade, 3295 Bob Rogers Drive, Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Judith A. Canales, Executive Director of the Eagle Pass Maverick County Economic Development Alliance.
The Maverick County Broadband Committee held a kickoff event on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, to launch Connect Maverick, a community initiative focused on improving broadband access, adoption, and use throughout Maverick County.
Members of the Maverick County Broadband Committee shared information with local stakeholders and community residents about internet access in the county and explained how a broadband assessment facilitated by Connected nation Texas will help the community.
The Connected Nation’s Connected Community Engagement Program was provided by a $51,000 grant from Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
The Maverick County Community Broadband Survey was conducted from March 8 to April 30, 2022 with a goal of at least 1,630 households in Maverick County participating in the survey to determine the needs of Eagle Pass and Maverick County concerning broadband access, adoption, and use throughout Maverick County.
Canales stated ‘the survey was a great opportunity for Maverick County residents, businesses, and institutions to voice their opinions and help build solutions for improved internet services to benefit the entire community as well as the U.S.-Mexico border.”
The Maverick County Broadband Committee is composed of Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo, Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas, Jr., Eagle Pass Economic Development Director Arturo Marquez, Eagle Pass Maverick County Economic Development Alliance Executive Director Judith A. Canales, Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Director of Information Technology Sonny Snyder, Eagle Pass ISD Chief Technology Officer Jose Munoz, Jr., Sul Ross State University Office of Technology Information representative Juan Garza, Maverick County Ag Extension Agent Oscar Galindo, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber, Eagle Pass Public Library Director Cristina Olivas, AHEC Eagle Pass Director Brenda Hoffman, SHAC Chairperson Eagle Pass ISD Dr. Claudia R. Wright, Pastor Juan Leyva of First United Methodist Church, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.’s Vice President of Policy and Advocacy Christine Yanas, Wesley Nurse Juliet Martinez, and Wesley Nurse District Manager Patricia Villarreal.
The public is invited to attend the public meeting scheduled on Friday, September 2, 2022, to hear the results of the survey. Following the survey results will be the formulation of a Technology Action Plan for Maverick County by leveraging Connected Nation’s Connected Engagement Program to be shaped by the information provided by local stakeholders, offering short-term and long-term broadband solutions for the community.
