About Us About EPA.net EPA.net is an online community resource center that provides East Palo Alto with relevant, up-to-date, and general information. The goal of EPA.net is to be a real voice for the community by providing families, businesses and community-based organizations with online tools that increase their capacity to serve their local community.  EPA.net provides community members and organizations with: General, relevant, and up-to-date information about the community and the City of East Palo Alto   Tools that increase the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and inclusiveness of community development efforts   A platform for connecting residents to technology and training them to use technology to create, learn, and express   Forums for engaging in community life, sharing ideas and thoughts, and for experimenting with technology Much of the site's content is contributed by community members, who both report and write for EPA.net. These volunteers are all committed to building a vibrant, dynamic, and engaged online culture for EPA.net by inspiring ideas, building community, and amplifying new voices from East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven neighborhood of east Menlo Park. EPA.net is a core program of Plugged In, the mission of which is to connect individuals and cultivate minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology. In addition to EPA.net, Plugged In works with a number of Technology Access Points (TAPs) located throughout the community to provide safe, welcoming, "easy to get o” places where residents can learn to use computers and access the Internet.   Community Advisory Board The Community Advisory Board (CAB) works with the EPA.net Content Manager and the Executive Producer to: Develop a topic and review schedule for the homepage based on relevance to the community Develop user and contributor policies that promote community building and sharing Develop content standards and processes for engaging readers, contributors, interviewees, and subject matter experts The current CAB is comprised of the following community members: Ruben Avelar, Sisilia Louveve Lutui, Yolanda Rhodes. We are seeking additional candidates to fill the remaining CAB seats. If interested in applying, please contact the EPA.net Content Manager at content@epa.net or call (650) 322-1134 ext 13.   Staff We welcome any comments and recommendations you can provide us to improve EPA.net. Armando Arroyo         EPA.net Administrator        administrator@epa.net Michael Levin              Content Manager                content@epa.net Rolando Zeledon        Executive Producer             producer@epa.net If you have any questions about EPA.net, please email us or call (650) 322-1134 ext 22.   East Palo Alto East Palo Alto has an ethnically diverse population of approximately 30,000 within a 2.5 square mile area. In July 2003, the city celebrated its 20th anniversary of incorporation. The city borders wetlands and the San Francisco Bay, and is located at the gateway to technology-based Silicon Valley. For more information about East Palo Alto visit the City's Official Website. Click here for the history of East Palo Alto.