State and local governments aren’t typically known for leading the way on technology. Remember that West Virginia library that uses a $20,000 router for a building the size of a trailer? But all that’s changing fast, at least at the municipal level—and the demand for broadband is what’s driving this shift.
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In just four days last week, Mayor Andy Berke flew from coast to coast to answer questions about the “Gig City” in California, then to attend an innovation conference in Washington, D.C…
Canine officers hired for police, sheriff’s forces. A pair of police dogs will come to the Willmar Police Department and the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office early next year thanks to a private donation from two local businesses. The dogs will be the first for the police department since Willmar canine officer Cato retired in late
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On October 20, Next Century Cities officially launched in Santa Monica, CA. The launch event brought together elected officials and other leaders from 27 of Next Century Cities’ 32 partner communities. Hosted at the innovative co-working space Cross Campus, the initiative’s launch event began with introductory remarks from Executive Director Deb Socia, and a video
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The City of Santa Monica has joined the launch of Next Century Cities, a bipartisan, city-to-city initiative dedicated to ensuring the availability of next-generation broadband Internet for all communities…
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Broadband implementation in Montrose and the surrounding area will not come without its challenges – but local leaders have made gigabit connectivity a priority and are eager to move forward…
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Three Tennessee cities have been chosen to participate in a bipartisan initiative seeking to bring broadband Internet to more communities. Chattanooga, Clarksville and Morristown are among the 32 cities selected for Next Century Cities, a project led by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit New Venture Fund.
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Next Century Cities Executive Director Deb Socia recently sat down with Chris Mitchell, producer of the Community Broadband Bits podcast and Policy Director of Next Century Cities. The two discussed how Next Century Cities plans to help communities provide broadband Internet to their residents. You can listen to the podcast here.
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Leaders from 32 cities in 19 states this week launched the Next Century Cities coalition to promote next-generation broadband Internet to attract businesses and jobs and to help reduce the digital divide among their residents…
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Next Century Cities was officially launched in Santa Monica on October 20, 2014. The full video is available below.
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