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Aligning Resources to Connect Rural Michigan to Pandemic-Ready Broadband Networks
- Author(s):
- Mitchell Shapiro
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- MSU EDA University Center: Regional Economic Innovation
- Subject(s):
- Economic development, Digital divide, Rural conditions, Michigan, Internet access
- Item Type:
- Report
- Tag(s):
- #Equity, #Economic, #Development, #EconomicDevelopment, #EconomicDevelopmentAdministration, #EDA, #Michigan, #DigitalDivide
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/jbpg-z672
- Abstract:
- Following up on his REI co-learning plan examining issues and strategies related to the potential for rural electric cooperatives (RECs) to help bridge the digital divide, Mitchell’s Innovation Fellowship will focus on aligning a broad range of stakeholder resources to more effectively expand broadband and its benefits in rural Michigan. This will include the state’s RECs as well as its regional planning association (RPOs), local governments and community anchor institutions (CAIs). The project will also support efforts to effectively leverage the expertise and longstanding Michigan-focused experience of Connected Nation Michigan, as well as the recently launched Michigan Moonshot project. The Moonshot project is a statewide effort to expand rural broadband led by Merit Network, a nonprofit university-owned network operator that has been providing high-performance communication services to the state’s educational and CAI community for more than 50 years.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 months ago
- License:
- Attribution
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