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SRDC Kicks Off Broadband Project in SW Minnesota
Press Release–Immediate SRDC Kicks Off Broadband Project in Southwest Minnesota Slayton, MN—The Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC) has been named as a partner in the Blandin Foundation’s Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project, which will facilitate broadband deployment and use … Continue reading
An Intelligent Community Framework
Improved productivity and growth can basically come from two sources: 1. You make more stuff, or 2. You make stuff better. The first option falls into the commodity trap. Â To overly simplify, there’s probably somebody somewhere on this big wide … Continue reading
Spending Some Time in the Future at #mnbb2010
Abraham Lincoln said “The best way to predict the future is to create it” (as did Peter Drucker and other creative thinkers).  I was able to spend some time this week with other Minnesotans trying to do just that—creating the … Continue reading
Broadband Use Growing in Greater Minnesota
For Immediate Release For information contact: John Shepard, AICP; jshepard@swrdc.org 507.836.1633 Broadband Use Growing in Greater Minnesota Slayton, MN—Three quarters of Greater Minnesota residents now have computers in their homes and two-thirds have broadband internet access, according to a survey … Continue reading
Center for Rural Policy & Development MN Broadband Survey
NEWS RELEASE Broadband Use Explodes Statewide, But Adoption in Rural Minnesota Still Inconsistent Center for Rural Policy and Development Minnesota Internet Survey Measures Broadband Adoption and Use SAINT PETER, Minn. — Comprehensive research conducted by the Center for Rural Policy and … Continue reading
Broadband levels the playing field for rural Minnesota
Borrowed this from USDA-RD MN Newsletter, emphasis is mine: Recovery Act Delivers Broadband Funds to Rural Minnesota The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama in February of 2009, has helped fund about $61 million in … Continue reading
Rural Broadband: Jobs and Services
Written Remarks for Presentation to Murray County (MN) Farm Bureau, 27 July 2010 Just five years ago, most Americans accessed the internet on dial-up modems. Today, about 2/3 of the nation uses broadband service—high speed internet that lets you download … Continue reading
Two Birds, One (ARRA) Stone
The US federal Dept of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)Â has initiated a blog to discuss broadband projects funded thru the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). SRDC also works with communities on planning for infrastructure, including broadband. Â However, … Continue reading
Wants and Needs
I am really excited to be able to participate in the Blandin Foundation’s new Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project. Â Southwest Regional Development Commission, along with other Minnesota Regional Development Organizations, has been asked to be a partner in the … Continue reading
More Mobile Web Users in China than People in U.S.A.
Every once and awhile, a statistic crosses the headlines that takes a few seconds to sink in. Soon, There’ll Be More Mobile Web Users In China Than People In The United States Wow. Not an easy thing to conceptualize indeed, but … Continue reading
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