​New Mexico Broadband Day
​at the Roundhouse
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Broadband Day at the Roundhouse 2025
​Check out information tables, listen to educational presentations, learn about broadband programs and initiatives, and connect with broadband leaders, advocates and lawmakers from across the state. Explore how broadband affects all aspects of our life in New Mexico and learn more about statewide efforts to "Connect New Mexico," including OBAE funding opportunities such as Connect New Mexico Pilot, Disaster Relief, Student Connect, GWEP, Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and the PINON grant programs to expand digital access and opportunities for all New Mexicans.

Location: The New Mexico State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501

9am-2pm
​Information Tables in the East and West Wings
Information Tables may include: (Pending)

1. NM Office of Broadband Access & Expansion (OBAE)
   BEAD, PINON, GWEP, and Disaster Relief Grants
   Computer Donation and Distribution Project​
2. NM Statewide Education Network (SEN) & Data and Mapping Working Group
3. Connect NM Tribal Working Group
4. Mescalero Apache Telecom (Inc)
5. JNET and Jemez Pueblo
6. Alliance for Navajo Broadband
7. NM Aging and Long-term Services Department (ALTSD)
8. AARP, OATS, and Senior Planet
9. Teeniors
10. New Mexico Telehealth Alliance
11. Accessible New Mexico​
12. ​Office of Senator Ben Ray Lujan​
13. New Mexico Student Connect & Mycelia Foundation
14. Santa Fe Community College & Fiber Technician Training
15. NM Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS)
16. NM Public Education Department (PED)
17. Digital Citizenship & Digital Response-ability
18. Mamacítas Cibernéticas and Comcast
19. New Mexico Exchange Carrier Group
20. New Mexico Fiber Network
21. Rural Electric Cooperatives including Continental Divide
22. NM Department of Information Technology (DoIT) &  Office of Cybersecurity
23. Sustainability Partners​
24. Traxyl Fiber Construction Technology

9am-10am: Welcome & Presentations in the Rotunda

• ​Welcome: Drew Lovelace, OBAE Acting Direcctor
• Community Updates
  • Office of Senator Ben Ray Lujan
    
  • New Mexico Telehealth Alliance
  • Mamacítas Cibernéticas
  • ​JNet and Jemez Pueblo
  • Teeniors
  • Santa Fe Community College, Office of Continuing Education
    
  • Alliance for Navajo Broadband
    
  • Digital Respons-ability
    
  • Accessible New Mexico
    

12 Noon-1 pm: Press Conference in the Rotunda

• Welcome & updates 
  • Senator Michael Padilla
  • Drew Lovelace, OBAE Acting Director
• Student Connect Awards and Program Highlights
  • Introduction: Drew Lovelace, OBAE Acting Director
    • ​Eric Spencer, Espanola Schools Superintendent
      Commnet Chimayo Award ​ $1,260,500
    • Brandy Holguin, Principal Hatch Valley High School 
      Hatch Valley Municipal Schools Award $1,600,000
  • Introduction: Godfrey Enjady, MATI, Connect New Mexico Council
    and ​Tribal Working Group Chair
    • Ohkay Owingeh Gov. Benny Lujan
      Ohkay Owingeh Award  $2,438,987
• OBAE Program Highlights and Funding Opportunities
  • BEAD - Andrew Wilder, OBAE
  • PINON grant - Neala Kruger, OBAE
  • GWEP - Eric Rodgers, OBAE
• Special Recognition​ and Closing by Drew Lovelace, OBAE Acting Director
  • Richard Jaramillo, Isleta Pueblo
  • Joe Martinez, Health Action New Mexico​

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