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Press Release For Broadband Proposal

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Canadian-Hemphill Economic Development Corporation| Chamber of Commerce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 16, 2017
(Updated 2-22-2018)

CITY OF CANADIAN AND HEMPHILL COUNTY RELEASE BROADBAND REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
City of Canadian, Hemphill County and Canadian Independent School District Leaders seek better broadband service

Canadian, TX, November 16, 2017–The City of Canadian, Texas; Hemphill County and Canadian Independent School District (ISD) today released a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking enhanced broadband services for the region. The release of the RFP is the culmination of work begun in July, 2017 by the Canadian/Hemphill Broadband Taskforce. The taskforce includes: Canadian-Hemphill Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Past Chairman Benjamin Needham; EDC Executive Director Shane Spencer; Canadian City Manager Joe Jarosek; Canadian City Council member and current EDC Chairman Jonathan Frederick; Canadian ISD board members Larry Gatlin and Larry Smith and Canadian ISD Director of Technology David Calabrese.

The efforts of the taskforce have yielded an effort designated as the Canadian Broadband Initiative (CBI) The goals of the CBI are as follows:

Create a scalable network solution to foster innovation, drive job creation, stimulate economic growth, and serve new areas of development in the community; by providing service for a minimum of fifteen (15) years from the date of first operation.
Attract a Service Provider or Service Providers who will offer a flexible menu of retail broadand services, that improve service to the following eligible service areas:
- Unserved/Underserved areas - Offer new or enhanced service in underserved and unserved areas of the county
- Economic Corridors - Offer enhanced service along key business and high-density residential corridors in the City of Canadian and connects broadband assets that serve remote areas of the county
- Government facilities - Offer fiber-based services to meet the administrative and public safety needs of Hemphill County and the City of Canadian and the redundant Internet Access needs of the Canadian Independent School District.
- Create a new route from Canadian to a nearby Internet Point of Presence (PoP). The CBI understands that one of the issues limiting service options and reliability of Internet connections for City of Canadian/Hemphill County residents, businesses, and public sector entities is the lack of competitive fiber routes to nearby Internet PoPs. As part of this request for proposal, the CBI would like to explore the creation of alternative paths to nearby Internet PoPs.

“Improved broadband service is an essential element of improving access to education; better healthcare and spurring economic growth in Canadian and Hemphill County”, commented Shane Spencer, Executive Director of the EDC. “Through this RFP process we hope to attract broadband investment to Canadian and Hemphill County.”

The timeline for the RFP process is as follows:

February 19, 2018 Request for Proposals CBI

April 23, 2018 RFP Proposald due to CBI-5PM CST

April 24, 2018 Review, recommendations, contract negotiations begin

May 1, 2018 Recommendations to City Council and County

The RFP can be found here:

View Broadband Enhancement RFP

The January 5, 2018 Update - Canadian Hemphill Q&A PDF can be found here:

View January 5, 2018 Update - Canadian Hemphill Q&A PDF

If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Shane Spencer at 806-323-6234 or email at [email protected].

Welcome to the City of Canadian, Texas!

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Whether you're visiting for the weekend, returning for one of our annual celebrations, or moving into our community, your friends and neighbors in Canadian welcome you to our "Oasis on the Prairie."

Shopping, Dining, and Lodging in Canadian Texas

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Hidden among the rolling hills of the Texas High Plains is a beautiful treasure, Canadian, Texas. Visitors are welcomed to our small community by some of the most unique shopping, dining, and lodging in Texas.

Canadian, TX Arts Community Video

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Canadian may be a small town in the Texas Panhandle, but it is big on art! Proud of our town and our community, here is a little more information about us.

Canadian ISD School Report

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Canadian Cash

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Canadian Cash is a city-wide gift certificate program aimed at keeping gift dollars in our local economy. Make your holiday shopping easy by giving the gift of Canadian Cash, or bolster our local economy by giving a portion of employee bonuses in Canadian Cash.

Welcome to the City of Canadian, Texas!

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Whether you're visiting for the weekend, returning for one of our annual celebrations, or moving into our community, your friends and neighbors in Canadian welcome you to our "Oasis on the Prairie."

Canadian TX Chamber of Commerce

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The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is devoted to serving our businesses. We do that in a number of ways: grants, education, promotion, and events. We are continually evolving and expanding our services and we now include Chamber Spotlights on our blog at canadiantx.blog, #fabfindsincanadiantx on Facebook and lnstagram, and more to come.

We are also dedicated to serving our community through various quality of life events including the annual Fourth of July Celebration, Fall Foliage Festival, and others like Music in the Park, Screen on the Green, the Father Daughter Dance and more!

The Chamber's ongoing vision is growth for our businesses and our community and we are dedicated to seeing that vision come to pass!

Visitors' Guide to Canadian

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Canadian Texas History

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Pic of River and Bridge

From its earliest documented history as a long line of apartment and town home dwellings on the bluffs along the Canadian River in the 1100's through today's present rebirth, Canadian has always inspired the imagination of those who visit and the loyalty of those who call it home. In 1544, long after the culture that had built those apartments along the western side of the panhandle disappeared, Coronado and his band wrote romantic descriptions of a land with stirrup high grasses and warned of a fierce and dangerous river.

Fortunately for the Apache and later Kiowa and Comanche Indian tribes of the Canadian River area, settlers avoided the area for many years due to continuous, perhaps exaggerated reports by government surveyors and cavalry troops of the volatile Canadian River and its treacherous quick sand, scorching summer winds and winter blizzards. These tribes followed the buffalo herds across this part of Texas and into Oklahoma and Kansas, making camp on the Canadian River and Red Deer Creek in the north part of Hemphill County and Gageby Creek and the Washita River in the South for several decades after Central and South Texas was “civilized.”