The kiowa commons

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The kiowa commons

• Greensburg Kiowa County Resource Conference

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The Kiowa Commons building

• Part 1 The four building tenants
• Part 2 The innovative building design
• Part 3 The Greensburg/Kiowa County Community
  Media Project

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Part 1 The four tenants of the Kiowa Commons
building

• The Greensburg branch of the Kiowa County Library
• The Kiowa County Museum/Discovery Center
• The Kiowa County Research Extension Office
• The Greensburg/Kiowa County Community Media Center

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The Greensburg branch of the Kiowa County Library

• Reconstitute the Librarys book, CD, DVD, and
  periodical subscriptions
• Offer new media- and Internet-based public
  information services
• Offer child and adult library events in
  multimedia corner
• Host book club meetings and other events in
  shared meeting room

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The Kiowa County Museum/ Discovery Center

• With multimedia, tell the story of life in south-
  central Kansas from early Native American
  history, through settlement, to the present day
• Create multimedia-based Discovery Center to
  engage both students and adults
• Create a series of photograph-, graphic- and
  artifact-based exhibits
• Use handheld device to offer individualized tours

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The Kiowa County Research Extension Office

• Offers the fulltime services of two Extension
  County Agents Carmen Stauth and Pam Muntz
• Accesses resources of K-State Research
  Extensions five program areas
• Healthy Communities Youth, Adults, and Families
• Competitive Agricultural Systems
• Natural Resources and Environmental Systems
• Safe Food and Human Nutrition
• Economic Development

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The Greensburg/Kiowa County Community Media Center

• Driven by the involvement of citizens, including
  students
• Supported by professional staff of four
• Greensburg/Kiowa County Internet Web portal
• Community Internet Television studio
• Community Internet Radio studio
• WiMAX wireless connectivity to the Internet for
  community

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Part 2 The design of the Kiowa Commons building

• Organized around a courtyard
• The building offers a unique opportunity for
  teaching
• Sustainable components are showcased in the
  building design
• The building will be LEED certified platinum

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Sustainable Partnering Opportunities

• Green roof systems
• Roof light monitors
• Geothermal ground source heating cooling
  systems
• Domestic and gray water plumbing systems
• Photo-voltaic panels
• Low flow plumbing fixtures
• Interior finish products with recycled content

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Site plan for the Kiowa Commons building
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First floor schematic for the Kiowa Commons
building
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Second floor schematic for the Kiowa Commons
building
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Part 3 Greensburg/Kiowa County Community Media
Project

• Greensburg/Kiowa County Community Media Center
• WiMAX wireless connectivity to the Internet
• Distribution of WiMAX-enabled laptops and
  availability of other handheld devices

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The Greensburg/Kiowa County Community Media Center

• Driven by the involvement of citizens, including
  students
• Supported by professional staff of four
• Greensburg/Kiowa County Internet Web portal
• Community Internet Television studio
• Community Internet Radio studio
• Video, audio, and photo/graphic cameras and
  editing workstations support community journalism
  and creativity

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Community involvement is the key both adults
and students

• Opportunities to tell stories, share information,
  involve fellow citizens, extend government
  participation, showcase local sports
• Opportunities to learn new communication and
  technical skills future job opportunities
• Opportunities to realize creative expression in
  video, audio, photo, and graphics mediums
• Everyone can get involved and contribute!

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Center activities supported by professional staff

• The fulltime staff of four will enable citizen
  participation through training and mentoring
• Executive Director
• Multimedia Director
• Visual Arts Director
• Information Technology Director

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Greensburg/Kiowa County Web Portal

• Current information and calendar 24/7/365
• Links to all related websites
• Blogs
• YouTube features
• Streamed and on-demand access to Community
  Television and Community Radio features,
  programs, and meeting video archives

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Community Internet Television programming

• Distributed both on the Internet and on local
  cable television community service access
  channels
• Interactive video broadcasts of governmental
  and public meetings and events
• Video broadcasts of county school sports events
• Community-originated programs on a wide variety
  of topics citizens teaching neighbors

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Community Internet Radio programming

• Distributed both on the Internet and on local
  cable television community service access
  channels behind community calendar scroll
• Interactive audio broadcasts of governmental
  and public meetings and events
• Audio broadcasts of county school sports events
• Community-originated programs on a wide variety
  of topics a local morning talk show?

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Cameras and editing workstations will support
creative expression

• Both adults and students will have the
  opportunity to learn new creative skills
• Resources include video, audio, and photo/
  graphic capture, editing, and reproduction
• Video, audio, photo, and graphic products can
  be showcased for the world on the Web portal and
  copied/printed at cost for physical distribution

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WiMAX Wireless Connectivity to the Internet

• WiMAX Base Station located atop the Greensburg
  elevator with fiber connection to the Internet
• Projected five-mile radius of coverage
• Download speeds 3 5 Mbps Upload 2 4 Mbps
• Use of either 2.5 GHz or 3.65 GHz radio spectrum

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Distribution of WiMAX-enabled laptops

• WiMAX-enabled laptops distributed free to
  Greensburg households, businesses, professional
  services, local government offices, and public
  buildings
• WiMAX-enabled laptops, handheld devices, modems,
  and Internet radios provide connectivity
• This eliminates the digital divide in Greensburg

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Please visit with us at the Kiowa Commons display