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 non-profit organizations with online tools that increase their capacity to serve.

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, produce, learn, and express.
  
• Forums for engaging in community life, sharing ideas and
  thoughts, and experimenting with technology

Much of the site's content is contributed by residents 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, fostering 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 the East Palo Alto Community Network, the vision of which is to provide the technological capability to create "One East Palo Alto" that is informed, connected, and empowered. In addition to EPA.net, the Community Network is comprised of a number of Technology Access Points (TAPs) located throughout the community.