Something exciting happened on the 19th of May, on the 52nd floor of the MetLife Building in midtown Manhattan. (If MetLife means nothing to you, it was originally known as the PanAm Building.) These are the offices of Hunton & Williams. It's a leading international law firm and no doubt exciting things happen there every day. But in this particular case, Hunton & Williams was generously hosting the first member and Board meeting of the new Intelligent Community Association (ICA). Fifteen of the more than 80 communities that ICF has honored in our Award program over the past decade have become the Founding Members of this new nonprofit. As ICA's newly elected Board Chair Mayor Brenda Halloran of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada put it, "The member communities are now doing together what they have each done individually: collaborate to create economic growth and social inclusion, to build prosperous communities in the Broadband Economy. But it is not just for us. We want to share our knowledge and best practices with communities around the world, so that their citizens and businesses and institutions can advance."
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Author: Robert Bell
