About SmartRiverside
Goals of SmartRiverside
Riverside, California, is a high technology community with a technology park, many high technology companies, and higher education community with four college campuses. The Mayor of the City of Riverside formed SmartRiverside to grow as a technology community with the following goals:
- Attract and retain High Technology companies in the City of Riverside
- Build a Smarter Riverside through City Wide free wireless Internet Access
- Increase the technology literacy of Riverside through Digital Inclusion
- Identify new programs to foster technology innovation and use in Riverside
Message from the Chairman
The City of Riverside is evolving as a high technology community with over 40,000 college students leading the future of our community technology vision and direction for the future. As the chairman of SmartRiverside, my goal is to continue to attract and develop high technology companies to our Technology Park and utilize the talents of the high skilled labor in our community to foster a SmartRiverside.
Rusty Bailey, Chairman of SmartRiverside & Mayor of the City of Riverside
Message from the Executive Director
SmartRiverside will drive free City wide wireless access to the internet while providing a critical communications infrastructure for the City to operate more efficiently and cost effectively. To ensure that our disadvantaged neighborhoods are not left behind, SmartRiverside will ensure that every household in Riverside will be able to obtain free internet access and either a discounted computer or free used system. Various community groups, our community centers, and Cybrary’s are gearing up to provide the education and resources necessary to help our community grow as a SmartRiverside.
Lea Deesing, Executive Director for SmartRiverside & Chief Information Officer for the City of Riverside
Message from the Technology Ombudsman
The City of Riverside and SmartRiverside are committed to attracting and retaining knowledge-based companies that help solidify Riverside as a City of Arts and Innovation.
Whether the need is access to capital, site selection assistance, or networking with local leaders; it’s my goal as the City’s Technology Ombudsman to support the growth of our local technology companies.
I’m confident that with initiatives such as SmartRiverside, the City has committed the necessary resources to help innovation succeed and allow Riverside to become a center of high technology in the Inland Empire.
Gregory Lee, Technology Ombudsman
Related Links
- Articles of Incorporation
- Board Members & Meetings
- By-Laws
- High Tech Companies in Riverside
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Internet
Linking & Marketing Policy
2011 Taxes
Awards
2012
2011
Intelligent Community Forum Smart 21 Award
- 2012 Intelligent Community Forum Smart 21
- 2011 Intelligent Community Forum Smart 21
- 2010 Intelligent Community Forum Smart 21
- 2009 Intelligent Community Forum Smart 21
ComputerWorld Honors Program - Laureate 2011
For Digital Access - SmartRiverside Digital Inclusion Project
May 2010
XIX Partnership in Excellence Award - SmartRiverside for Digital Inclusion Partnership with Riverside Unified School District
Riverside Unified School District PTA - Business of the Year - SmartRiverside