Dakota Future was featured in a recent article in the Rosemount Pages. The article highlighted Dakota Future’s effort to prepare Dakota County to apply to be ranked by Intelligent Community Forum in 2012. CTAC Founder Bill Coleman has been working with Dakota Future on the effort.

It is an opportunity to receive international recognition as well as the motivation to plan to be a world class community. As the article says,

“Becoming an Intelligent Community will benefit the county and organizations and cities within it in several ways. Coleman said getting involved will ensure Dakota County has world-class broadband that companies are globally competitive and citizens are connected and will attract investments.”

On October 3, 2009, Dakota Future will kick off the initiative with a project launch. The event will be an opportunity for Dakota County businesses and residents to learn more about the Intelligent Community Forum, starting out with how Dakota County currently stacks up on an international scope and what is necessary to get to a world class standing.