SVEC In the Community
November 2023Open For Business
Rapid Fiber Internet celebrated the opening of its first zone, along the Scott North Feeder in Suwannee County, on October 2. Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees President Tyler Putnal and CEO Mike McWaters attended the ribbon cutting, along with other SVEC trustees and members of the Rapid Fiber management team.
We appreciate our members’ support and look forward to bringing this game-changing service to more people soon!
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Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) will sponsor a youth tour in February of Tallahassee and the co-op facilities in Live Oak for up to 10 high school juniors. While in Tallahassee, students will explore Florida’s legislative process.
Possible activities include a visit to the state Capitol, participation in a mock bill debate on the floor of the Senate or House of Representatives, and visits to the Florida Supreme Court and offices of our state legislators.
To be eligible for the 2024 tour, February 7 through 8, a student must be enrolled in the 11th grade of a high school or homeschool program in SVEC’s service territory and have an unweighted grade point average of at least 3.0. The student must also be a dependent of an SVEC member but cannot be the child or grandchild of a current SVEC employee or trustee.
2 of the students on the tour will also be selected to represent SVEC in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Youth Tour scheduled for June 16 through 21. They will be flown to Washington and join students from around the country on visits to sites such as the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Smithsonian museums, and Mount Vernon. SVEC will pay for the trip.
More information and a tour application form are available through junior-class guidance counselors or online at SVEC’s Youth Tour Page. Applications are to be submitted to SVEC by January 19, 2024.
