2008 Setting the Pace Video

ConnectKentucky Report 2008

The idea is simple. Technology is good for communities and their residents. It creates a better business environment, more effective economic development, improved healthcare, enhanced education and more efficient government. ConnectKentucky accelerates the growth of broadband technology in order to improve the quality of life for people and ensures that Kentucky remains the place of choice to live, work and raise a family.

• 2008 Progress Report (PDF 1.2 MB)

 

ConnectKentucky Report 2007

ConnectKentucky's 2007 Progress Report highlights the Commonwealth's efforts to accelerate the availability and adoption of broadband. Kentucky's Prescription for Innovation has led the nation in broadband Internet depolyment, with numerous public and private entities citing ConnectKentucky's work as a model for the country. Since the launch of the Prescription for Innovation, the availability of broadband across Kentucky has increased more than 50 percent. In 2004, about 60 percent of Kentucky households had the ability to subcribe to broadband. Over the last three years, coverage has grown to 91 percent, an addition of nearly 500,000 previously unserved homes. For more information about ConnectKentucky and Kentucky's Prescription for Innovation, view our latest progress report.

• 2007 Progress Report (PDF 2.7MB)
• 2007 Progress Report Audio (Flash Video File)
• 2007 Progress Report Video (Flash Video File)

ConnectKentucky Report 2006

In Kentucky, our forbears were in the founding wave of the westward expansion. The Cumberland Gap became a portal to yet another new world that would stretch to St. Louis, the gateway to the west, and eventually, the Pacific Ocean. Yet, Boone, Walker, and other Kentucky founders chose Kentucky as the place where they wanted to build a life for themselves and their families. Simply put, Kentucky was the place they called home.

Now, more than two hundred years later, ConnectKentucky stands squarely in this same tradition by building a better home for all who come here. ConnectKentucky is leading the way into a new economy for Kentuckians. By leveraging the latest in technology and networking, ConnectKentucky is ensuring Kentucky remains the place of choice to work, live, and raise a family. ConnectKentucky is a Kentucky tradition.

• A Kentucky Tradition (PDF 3.1MB)

ConnectKentucky Report 2005

Across the Commonwealth, Kentuckians are using technology to foster progress and improve their lives. Artisans of Eastern Kentucky attract tourists to Appalachia through Internet-based driving trails. A working mother brings the classroom to her home, earning a degree through online courses. A rural hospital provides its patients with examinations from the best doctors in the state through a broadband Internet connection. Nearly 60,000 Kentucky citizens use the Internet to choose the new Kentucky brand, Unbridled Spirit. And Kentucky soldiers in Iraq are given a chance to talk to their families, real-time, face to face.

• Making Progress a Priority (PDF 4.4MB)

ConnectKentucky Report 2003

Information Technology is an enabler for expanding wealth, improving education, and increasing access to healthcare.

Kentuckians now live and work in the midst of an economic and cultural transformation that connects the world through advanced communications and information technology. Progressive policies and the innovative use of technology provide the Commonwealth with the opportunity to thrive in this new environment. Regardless of the label, whether it is the New Economy, the Knowledge Economy, the Next Economy or the Now Economy, the premise is the same: in light of recent economic and cultural shifts, individuals, communities, and states can choose to embrace the inherent opportunities or they can sit idly while the world passes by.