Advocates for a public, high-speed municipal network for Northampton Massachusetts
Working with Paradise Copies, we emailed a postcard to all Northampton residents. We’ve gotten lots of great feedback on its colorful design and engaging look. It was by far our biggest expense of the campaign but we’re currently $419 short of what we’ve already expended. Can you help us close the gap? Paradise Copies provided …
Today, coalition member Lee Feldscher had a letter published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on “Yes on Question 1”. You can read it here.
Some updates: For those of you who haven’t or can’t pick up your lawn signs or stickers, we did our best to deliver what we had left to your door yesterday. So check your door or front porch for a sign and/or stickers and post them prominently! We ordered 25 more signs, since requests keep …
Our lawn signs and bumper stickers have arrived and are starting to get posted! This one was posted on Florence Road by a supporter. We have just four signs remaining but tons of bumper stickers. To get some, fill out our form and we’ll provide the details! If we can raise enough money, we’ll order …
We’ve been both amazed and deeply gratified by the response from the Northampton community to our campaign: Vote Yes on Question 1. When we originally decided to fundraise to spread the word about the vote, we didn’t anticipate how much support we would get. We set our sights on doing a mailing to “likely” voters …
The City of Northampton will receive $21,747,984 from the federal government to use to address issues due to the covid-19 pandemic. Potentially some or all of this money could be used to construct a municipal network, since the law allows these funds to be used for (among other things) investments in broadband infrastructure. During the …
As of this Sunday morning, residents of Northampton have contributed $1415 toward our Yes on Question 1 campaign. This is 70% of our goal! In addition we have received 21 sign requests so far and since we announced bumper stickers, requests for 3 stickers as well. If you need a sign and/or bumper sticker, use …
(Easy link for sharing this page: https://tinyurl.com/northamptonquestion1) In about five weeks, Northampton voters will have the chance to vote Yes or No on allowing the city of Northampton to create a Municipal Light Plant (MLP). It’s a bit confusing, but the way for a municipality to create a network to provide Internet service is to first create an MLP. To learn more about why we think a municipal …
Northampton voters will weigh in on whether the city should be permitted to create a municipal network in November’s election. This is because a vote to create a municipal light plant (MLP) will be on the ballot. A hundred years ago, municipalities used the law to create power plants. Today, although the term municipal light …
Thursday night, the Northampton City Council approved 9-0 a first reading of a proposed ballot question on municipal broadband. It needs to be approved at one more reading, which is likely to be at their next meeting on September 2. The first reading of the proposed ballot question was an important step forward. The second …