By sharing resources and expertise, the partners will create a complete community where people live, work, shop and spend their leisure time. Learning Linkage will foster a continuous learning environment for all citizens, demystifying technology and developing links between parents and their child's classroom. Safety Net will provide information related to personal safety by linking residents and businesses to community policing offices, as well as health and support services. Business Choices will enable the private sector to incorporate technology into their operations to help develop, expand and retain small business. However, the combination of services is innovative in that it will cover the basic requirements of our local society.
Service is a central theme running throughout the project.
We want to say, You are able to access all of our services, not just government but also hockey associations or art associations or piano classes, and to pay for those services on-line without having to worry about where the payment is going. The community portal is the linchpin, providing gateways to the four other services. The portal will provide information and services by subject, transcending organizational boundaries. The community portal will provide common screen areas for banner advertising that can be marketed to businesses and corporations. High school students, for example, will teach Web site development and computer literacy to earn credits toward graduation.