In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, access to reliable, affordable broadband has evolved from a mere luxury to a critical lifeline for rural communities. It serves as the gateway to essential resources like online education and telehealth, but many remote areas continue to grapple with substantial challenges to unlocking these opportunities.
Discover the power of partnership in broadband expansion! In this session, Shelley Paasch, broadband partnerships coordinator at Kansas Commerce, will share how collaboration with your
Rural broadband connectivity is developing rapidly. With changing climate and weather patterns, how can communities ensure the durability and longevity of this important infrastructure?
Climate resilience is one crucial way.
How do you get the attention of the people who are not paying attention to all the awesome stuff you’re doing to help them? How
In this session, learn from the successes coming out of the Maine Main Street communities. Topics will include the Maine Development Foundation and Maine Downtown Center, including why downtown revitalization efforts fail, where these programs are getting funding, how they are collecting data and where it’s being used, as well as general lessons that translate to anyone working in rural areas on economic development goals.