The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, acting as the Douglas County Redevelopment Agency, approved $20,000 to fund the Genoa Main Street Wi-Fi Project.

Much like the system recently installed in Virginia City, the project will add a full-scale Wi-Fi network in Genoa’s downtown corridor, allowing people to access the Internet, find out more about local attractions and recreational opportunities, retrieve e-mail or surf the Web. Currently, obtaining a sufficient wireless signal in many areas of Genoa is challenging.

Very small devices will be installed on the town’s street lights and several buildings throughout downtown to create the mesh network. The new system will allow event vendors the opportunity to complete sales transactions via Squares or other data-enabled devices.