meetings , virtual committee meetings ,” says Tehrani . “ We worked closely with our local network provider , a local cable channel and with our IT group to be able to have all of our counselors meet and vote virtually on a virtual voting platform and conduct meetings via Webex .” Among its other responses to the virus was a partnership between the city , the public library , two school boards and its regional innovation centre . “ That involved collecting up all of the 3D printers that were present across those organisations and setting them up at the central library branch . This resulted in a lab of 25 to 30 devices printing PPE face shields , which were then distributed and provided back to the city and then also distributed out to agencies in need .”
The city ’ s initiatives are supported by the work of trusted partners , including Cisco which provides much of the city ’ s
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