Grant sucess!

We received confirmation yesterday that our application to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Sustainable Development Fund for help with the project start up costs had been successful! 

The application was well supported by YDNP members who have also asked that we produce a Case Study report for circulation to other  applicants who are seeking to achieve similar objectives. YDNP are also assisting us with meeting some of the many regulations and required permissions as well as working with other agencies.

This new funding is very welcome at a time when we need to secure additional resources and professional advice for the various aspects of the project.

New Board Members

Fibre Garden welcomed two new members to it's Board last night who are residents of Dentdale. Adrian Gordon, a freelance e-commerce Consultant and Tony Robinson who also works in the telecommunications industry. As the project moves towards it's building phase later this year, subject to sufficient funds being raised from the share offer, it will require both additional technical expertise and local knowledge, which Adrian and Tony will be able to provide.

If you would like to get involved in the project by offering some help or expertise then please do contact us, all are welcome!

Traffic Increases

We have had a significant increase in the number of visitors to this blog site in the past couple of weeks, which is all very encouraging and clearly demonstrates the growing interest in the Fibre GarDen project. This article featuring Fibre GarDen has appeared in recumbu, which also confirms interest by the IT Industry.

New Content

We have now added some new content to this site. The page tabs can now be found on the right that include two new pages:

• Documents where we will publish formal documents, this currently contains our State Aid Notice; and 
• Articles that features interesting items about Fibre GarDen and broadband issues including video links to the appearance of Andrew Fleck on the Sunday Politics Show, the B4RN project and a series of written articles by John Colton our Technical Director, which are well worth a read.

Make sure you revisit these pages on a regular basis for the very latest news and information about Fibre GarDen.