Friday, November 14, 2003
Second annual $10,000 Rural Technology Grant awarded to
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's entrepreneur
Portugal Cove – St. Philips, NL – The second $10,000
Aliant/BayBYTES Rural Technology Grant, sponsored by Aliant,
has been awarded to Mark Lane, a native of Portugal Cove,
Newfoundland. Mr. Lane was chosen for his business proposal
for start-up photo-documentation company Digital Works. He is
a recent graduate of the College of the North Atlantic’s
Applied Business and Information Technology Graduate Diploma
Program.
The Aliant/BayBYTES Rural Technology Grant is awarded to the
winner of a competition that challenges students and recent
graduates of the College of the North Atlantic’s technology
programs to create a start-up business plan for a company
based in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The submission must
include a detailed description of how the grant will be used
to finance the start-up business through its first year of
operation.
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“This grant presents a great
opportunity for Newfoundland and Labrador’s business
sector," says Jim Organ, Vice President sales at Aliant.
"It gives young entrepreneurs from rural areas an
opportunity to stay in their home communities and
contribute by starting a business.”
Mr. Lane’s innovative
start-up business Digital Works, will provide high
quality photo-documentation services. The business will
provide a much-needed service to personal and commercial
property insurance owners.
”I would first like to thank Aliant and BayBYTES for
creating the Rural Start-up Grant competition. I am
thrilled to be the second recipient,” says Mark Lane of
Digital Works. “The funds will go a long way towards
helping me establish my business right here at home,
where I can take advantage of the low costs associated
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Jim Organ , Vice President Aliant Sales (L) and
Mark Lane (R), recipient for this years Aliant/BayBytes
Rural Technology Grant (Photo - Rhonda A. Tulk) |
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“A wonderful opportunity,” says
Pamela Walsh, President of the College of the North Atlantic.
“We are proud to be serving the province with post-secondary
education programs that prepare entrepreneurs such as Mark
Lane. Our rural youth have tremendous skill and energy and it
is encouraging to see innovative youth businesses such as
Digital Works developing in rural parts of Newfoundland and
Labrador.”
Mr. Lane will not be alone in his business effort; an advisory
board of experienced business people from throughout the
province will provide guidance to Digital Works during its
first year of operation.
About Digital Works
Digital Works
delivers high quality, innovative photo-documentation
services targeted directly to fulfilling the needs of
personal and commercial property insurance owners.
Digital Works
provides unique digital photographic services by combining over 20
years of photography expertise and 10 years experience in
computer and information systems design and
implementation.
Through leading
edge photo-documentation and cataloging services,
Digital Works provides customers with the physical
documentation they require to substantiate monetary value and
preserve sentimental value in times of loss due to fire,
theft, vandalism and natural disasters.
About
BayBYTES
BayBYTES Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation
established to promote and ensure the organizational and
financial sustainability of BayBYTES: a Rural Technology
Forum. The BayBYTES Foundation works closely with the
technology industry to establish projects and
partnerships that encourage business and technology
growth in rural and remote areas. The two founding
organizations of the BayBYTES events and BayBYTES
Foundation Inc. are the College of the North Atlantic
and the Canadian Technology Network. More information
about BayBYTES may be found by visiting
www.baybytes.net. |
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| Mr.
Lee Warren(R) of Bay Bytes Foundation Inc
congratulating Mark Lane and Digital Works for
winning the Aliant/BayBytes Rural Technology Grant
2003 (Photo Rhonda A. Tulk) |
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About Aliant
From its home base in Atlantic Canada, Aliant delivers a wide
variety of innovative and traditional communications services,
including local and long-distance telephony, wireless,
Internet, e-commerce, interactive multimedia, data and managed
network services, to more than two million consumers and over
80,000 enterprises. Aliant complements its industry-leading
telecommunications business with strengths in advanced systems
and technology solutions, mobile and remote communications,
and knowledge-services applications. The company's more than
9,100 employees build on Aliant's 100-plus year history by
collaborating to deliver the highest quality of customer
service, choice and convenience. Aliant is a TSX 100 company
with a market capitalization of more than $4 billion. More
information about Aliant (TSX:AIT) may be found by visiting
www.aliant.ca
For more
information please
contact a
Digital Works
representative today!
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