Events

Calendar of Events 

Upcoming Events:

Vermont BEAD Program Technical Assistance Workshop

• Date:  December 18, 2024
• For more information, click here

Vermont BEAD Program Technical Assistance Office Hours

• Date:  December 20, 2024
• For more information, click here

Past Events

DVFiber Hosts a Free Screening of Award-Winning Documentary "Connected"

• Date: November 16, 2024
• Time: 2:00 (doors open at 1:30)
• Location: Marlboro Community Center, 524 South Road, Marlboro, VT
• DVFiber encourages everyone to join in this celebration of community spirit and progress. This
  event is a celebration of Vermont’s dedication to ensuring that everyone, regardless of where
  they live, has access to essential broadband services.

NEK Broadband Celebration!

• Date: October 30, 2024
• Time:  11:00am EDT
• Location:  NEK Broadband Warehouse, 306 Meadow St., Island Pond VT
• NEK Broadband cordially invites you to join them and USDA in celebrating $20.5 million in in NEW Broadband funding to benefit Vermont's most rural communities with  high-speed internet access, for securing critical goods, services and connection within today's online community. Food and refreshments provided.

Otter Creek Communications Union District Celebration!

• Date:  October 29, 2024
• Time:  3:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
• Location:  Vermont State University - Castleton Campus, Hoff Hall 
• 360 South St, Castleton, VT 05735 
• Residents and businesses in Lamoille County and Rutland County are invited to celebrate their communities’ new availability of fiber broadband, the most recommended internet service delivery method by U.S. consumers. Upcoming ribbon cutting events for Lamoille FiberNet in Johnson on October 24 and Otter Creek Communications Union District (CUD) in Castleton on October 29 will include each being named a ‘Gig Community’, with member towns being named a ‘Gig Town’.  
• Communities served by Lamoille FiberNet and Otter Creek CUD now have access to multi-gig speed internet from Fidium Fiber. Construction of Fidium’s all-fiber network began in May 2024 and was completed in September. More than 21,000 homes and businesses combined in Lamoille and Rutland counties now have access to Fidium’s future-proof fiber internet service, with additional expansion continuing to bring more Vermonters access to fiber. With this expansion, more than 118,000 Vermont homes and businesses now have access to Fidium Fiber.

Vermont Tech Jam

• Date: October 26, 2024
• Time:  10:00am to 5:00pm
• Location: Hula Lakeside Tech Campus, 50 Lakeside Avenue
  Burlington, VT 05401
• Website: Vermont Tech Jam: October 26, 2024, at Hula in Burlington
• Vermont Tech Jam is an annual career and tech expo, organized by Seven Days, that showcases some of Vermont’s most innovative companies. This year’s event takes place at Hula, a coworking campus on the Burlington waterfront.
• Since 2008, each Tech Jam event has attracted hundreds of job seekers, career changers, tech professionals, college students, enthusiasts and anyone eager to learn from and connect with Vermont companies.

Lamoille FiberNet Communications Union District Celebration!

• Date:  October 24, 2024
• Time:  2:00pm to 2:00pm EDT
• Location:  Vermont State University - Johnson Campus,
• 337 College Hill Rd, Johnson, VT 05656   
• Residents and businesses in Lamoille County and Rutland County are invited to celebrate their communities’ new availability of fiber broadband, the most recommended internet service delivery method by U.S. consumers. Upcoming ribbon cutting events for Lamoille FiberNet in Johnson on October 24 and Otter Creek Communications Union District (CUD) in Castleton on October 29 will include each being named a ‘Gig Community’, with member towns being named a ‘Gig Town’.  
• Communities served by Lamoille FiberNet and Otter Creek CUD now have access to multi-gig speed internet from Fidium Fiber. Construction of Fidium’s all-fiber network began in May 2024 and was completed in September. More than 21,000 homes and businesses combined in Lamoille and Rutland counties now have access to Fidium’s future-proof fiber internet service, with additional expansion continuing to bring more Vermonters access to fiber. With this expansion, more than 118,000 Vermont homes and businesses now have access to Fidium Fiber.

Women Can Do Stems and Trades Career Conference

• Sponsor: Vermont Works for Women 2024 Conference
• Date: October 10, 2024
• Location: Vermont State University Randolph Campus
• Vermont Works for Women’s Women Can Do is a one-day career exploration conference for girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 9-12. Through this inspiring experience, hundreds of high schoolers from around Vermont will have the opportunity to try new technical skills in STEM and skilled trades, meet industry professionals, and hear directly from women and gender-expansive employees about their careers in fields where their gender is often under-represented.
• VCBB was a 2024 Collaborator supporter and will have a table.