08/11/15
Building E-Commerce in Wright County, IA
E-commerce helps large businesses build revenue, even while traditional storefronts would be closed, and allows customers to research products and find exactly what they’re looking for at their convenience. Small and mid-sized businesses are also looking at online shopping as a way to make more products available and advertise to a larger customer base.
07/21/15
Rural Areas Getting On the Grid
With populations spread throughout farms, rural villages, small suburbs, and everywhere in between, concentrating community development efforts in rural areas presents an ongoing challenge. Getting the word out to every corner of a rural community and uniting constituents in an integrated push for increased funding, new roads, new technology, and other needs takes time and continuous support.
07/20/15
Iowa Whitepaper
As part of its work with communities across Iowa in the Connected Community Engagement Program, Connect Iowa is often asked about policies and laws at a state or local level that could be implemented, eliminated, modified, or improved in order to encourage broadband network access, broadband adoption, or broadband use.
06/25/15
USDA Grant Funds Rural Telemedicine and E-Learning
The USDA is making $19 million available to rural areas seeking to expand distance learning opportunities and telemedicine.
06/12/15
Fighting Cyber Attacks Nationally and Locally
As technology grows in importance and prevalence in business and in day-to-day activities, so do the risks involved in its use. Cyber attacks are becoming more common, more sophisticated, and more diverse, affecting entire industries and even countries collectively, all the way down to the individual user.
04/17/15
Urbandale Supports Economic Development Through Broadband
Recognizing opportunities to bring in new business, attract new residents, and strengthen the city as a whole, Urbandale, Iowa approved its economic development plan over a year ago in March of 2014. Since then, Urbandale has rebranded, renovated, and refurbished its community in a variety of ways and continues to make positive strides, making Urbandale more inviting, accessible, and adaptable to future developments. One aspect of the economic development strategy included strengthening of the telecommunications network in Urbandale. Learning of their success in other comm
03/26/15
March Connected Communities
During the month of March, two communities in Michigan, Gladwin County and Wexford County, completed their assessments and are now officially certified Connected communities.
Both of these communities undertook an extensive broadband landscape assessment to analyze areas they can improve. The goals are outlined in each community’s Technology Action Plan. To view the Technology Action Plans for Gladwin County and Wexford County, click below:
02/26/15
Marquette County Becomes First Certified Connected Community in the Upper Peninsula
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