Bringing the future to your doorstep

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• Bringing the future to your doorstep!

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The
Team

• Mike O'Bryan - Higher Education Research
• Dane Nelson - MEDC Coordinating Liason
• Evan Rouls - Muskegon Research
• Adam McDougall - Muskegon General
• Mike Lowe - Census Research
• Eric Hartman - Muskegon Public Schools
• Kyle Huhn - Smart Park
• John Vehlewald - Webmaster
• Mark Gordon - ISP Research
• Ryan Ruhl - SmartZone/Team Leader
• Nick Serote - TA
• Juan Ramirez - TA

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Muskegon County
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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Major Cities

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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Populations

Muskegon County - 170,200 Muskegon -
40,105 Muskegon Heights - 12,049 North Muskegon -
4,031 Norton Shores - 22,527 Montague -
2,407 Whitehall - 2,887 Fruitport -
1,124 Roosevelt Park - 3,890
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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Schools

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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Education

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Muskegon Community College Computing

• Computer Labs
• 40 networked workstations running Windows XP
  Professional.
• 5 networked workstations running Mac OSX.

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Muskegon Community College Computing

• Network Features
• Gigabit backbone using Novell 5.1
• Use Cisco routers and switches providing 100 Mb
  networking to college.
• Future Plans
• Building New Technology Center with a larger
  public computer lab.
• Contact Matt Saunders, Computer Systems
  Supervisor at MCC.

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Baker College Computing

• Computer Services for faculty and students.
• Approximately 1,000 workstations located on the
  Muskegon branch of Baker college.
• All faculty are provided with a workstation
  connected to Bakers WAN.
• Equipment provided to deliver two-way interactive
  video to allow point-to-point or bridged video
  calls using the Baker College intranet.

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Baker College Computing

• Networking
• Approximately 3,000 workstations all connected to
  the Baker College Wide Area Network.
• Supports both TCP/IP and IPX protocols.
• Contains Novell, NT, Sun, HP, and IBM servers.
• Public servers accessible from internet, all
  others protected by a firewall.
• Majority of servers run Novell Netware or various
  version of UNIX.
• Total bandwidth is 22.5 MB

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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Transportation

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Muskegon County
General Overview

• Income and Wages

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Muskegon County

• Tourism

2,000 lodging units including hotels
motels resorts cottages bed and
breakfasts
The Lakes Mall 700,000 square foot complex
more than 70 shops and fine restaurants
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Muskegon County
Current Internet Service Providers
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Muskegon County
Current Internet Service Providers
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Michigan Cable Modem Coverage Map
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Michigan DSL Coverage Map
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Current DSL
Current DSL Central Offices of Verizon and Bell
South
Green Dots DSL available Red Dots DSL
unavailable
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DSL Broker

• Offers T1 circuit for business solutions
• Up 1500 Kbs per second!
• 599 per month 500 initial cost, includes
  equipment (router)

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Why Muskegon?
Listed in Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100
cities and metro areas for overall information
age business climates Muskegon Lakeshore
SmartZone Muskegon County Airport Business
Park - Verizon Smart Park
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Verizon Smart Park
Includes 31 sites on almost 76 acres located in
a wooded area Is contiguous to the airport
terminal and near U.S. 31 and Interstate 96
Sites vary from two to five acres Available at
very competitive prices - with roads, gas, water,
sewage, electrical, and advanced
telecommunications available at each location.
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Verizon Smart Park
Fiber optic telecommunication All underground
utilities, sewer, water, natural gas Paved
streets with lighting Easy access to I 96 and
US-31 Significant commericial and retail
development neraby Attractive setting
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SmartZones
Signed into law Act 248 of the 2000 Michigan
Legislature Allows the MEDC to designate
SmartZones Intended to stimulate the growth of
technology-based businesses and jobs All
property taxes may be captured
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SmartZones
Up to 50 of school operating taxes may be
captured Property and school taxes may be
captured for up to 15 years
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SmartZones
Captured Revenue
Construction of infrastructure (roads, water,
sewer, telecommunications) Purchase of
property Creating and operating an incubator
to house high-tech companies Creating
publicly owned high-tech support facilities like
RD labs, training centers, testing labs and
telecommunication centers Marketing and
promotion of other SmartZones
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Muskegon Lakeshore SmartZone

• City of Muskegon in cooperation with the Muskegon
  County and Grand Valley State University

Focuses on developing high-technology firms
Integrates technology created at Grand Valley
State University Home to a business incubator,
research and development facilities Develop a
waterfront center of commerce Rebirth of
downtown Muskegon
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Problems and Challenges
Current wireless solutions are very
expensive Sparse population outside City of
Muskegon Bordered by water on entire western
side
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Recommendations
Fiber ring Last mile through cable modem
excluding large business Interconnection with
Grand Rapids
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Interconnections throughout Michigan
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Fiber Ring
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Questions?Be Gentle