Google, Kansas

Change the signs on the highways as you enter our city limits (but use construction paper and duct tape). The mayor of Topeka has proclaimed the city shall be known throughout the month of March as Google, Kansas. The PR move is also aimed at encouraging Topekans to recognize and support continuing efforts to bring Google's fiber experiment here.

I previously blogged about this effort to attract Google's plans for naming Topeka as one of its test sites for uber-high speed fiber networking.

Since we'll never be able to campaign for the Olympics to come to Topeka (er, excuse me, Google), this is the first of its kind in my memory of the community (citizens and government alike) working together to get the city picked for something substantial. Let's all continue rowing together, my fellow Googlians!