For the first time in over a year, policy experts, industry representatives, and digital advocates convened in person in Keystone, Colorado, for the Mountain Connect conference. It included keynotes from broadband experts highlighting the state of the broadband industry, panel discussions on what future demands on broadband technology will be, a fireside chat on the […]
On July 29, 2021, Next Century Cities submitted a letter supporting a proposal from St. James Township and Peaine Township to bring fiber-to-the-home service to residents of Beaver Island, Michigan. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is administering $288 million in grant funding for broadband infrastructure partnerships made available through the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
On July 20, 2021, Mark Pfaffinger, Chief Information Officer for Larimer County; Richard Holt, City Councilor and Fiber Commission Chair for the City of Centennial; Shannon Haynes, Assistant Town Manager for the Town of Breckenridge; and Chad Crager, Director of Broadband for the City of Fort Collins, joined Corian Zacher, NCC’s Policy Counsel for State
On August 2nd, 2021, NCC’s Lukas Pietrzak joined advocates from across the country to discuss the ways our work aimed at various aspects of broadband access and adoption can jointly close the digital divide for America’s Heartland. Panelists highlighted initiatives being implemented across Heartland Forward’s member region, an area of 20 states in the middle
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By Craig Settles A glimmer of bright silver light shone from within the COVID-19 pandemic – advancements in telehealth technology. Additionally, necessity became the mother of invention regarding how we reach populations in need of telehealth services, a goal that requires creative partnerships. Billions of dollars in grant money has been earmarked for broadband
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TDI, a non-profit focused on advancing the voices of people who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind, and deaf with mobility issues in Information and Communications Technology, hosted its 24th biennial conference the week of July 26th. On July 29, 2021, Corian Zacher, Policy Counsel for State and Local Initiatives at Next Century
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On July 29th, Next Century Cities’ Lukas Pietrzak joined advocates and local leaders to participate in the Knight Foundation’s 2021 Smart Cities Lab. Panelists discussed how local communities could prepare for the growth of smart cities and benefit from continued innovation. The conversation centered on the need for digital equity and building inclusive technology ecosystems
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The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies devotes its Technology Policy Program to exploring the impact and potential policy solutions that could improve digital outcomes for Black communities. In Joint Center’s latest publication on expanding rural broadband access in the rural South, Dr. Dominique Harrison documents persistent digital divides in 152 rural counties in
On July 20, 2021, Mark Pfaffinger, Chief Information Officer for Larimer County; Richard Holt, City Councilor and Fiber Commission Chair for the City of Centennial; Shannon Haynes, Assistant Town Manager for the Town of Breckenridge; and Chad Crager, Director of Broadband for the City of Fort Collins, joined Corian Zacher, NCC’s Policy Counsel for State
You can find a pdf of the press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brittany-Rae Gregory brittany-rae@nextcenturycities.org Washington, D.C. (August 5, 2021) – Today Next Century Cities released The Ohio Case Study, a report that documents broadband initiatives at the county and city levels in areas statewide. It also highlights specific broadband access and
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