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Executive Director Deb Socia Receives Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award

Congratulations to Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia! She was presented the 2018 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion Award last week at Net Inclusion in Cleveland, Ohio. The award — created by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance and named for Charles Benton, the visionary founder of the Benton Foundation — recognizes and celebrates leadership

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Guest Blog: Huntington Beach Achieves Small Cell Deployment Through Collaboration

As municipalities work to connect their communities, they often face a common challenge. How can you make your community attractive to providers while maintaining local control and community values? As Huntington Beach learned as we worked toward small cell deployment, bringing as many stakeholders as possible to the table is a necessary step in striking

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Mayor Gary Resnick Defends Local Authority in Senate Subcommittee Hearing: “Mayors are good at getting things done”

On March 13, 2018 the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet held a hearing titled “Rebuilding Infrastructure in America: Investing in Next Generation Broadband.” The goal of the hearing was to explore the most effective and efficient ways to address broadband deployment, and to review lessons learned from broadband projects in the

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