SRDC Spotlight: Broadband Infrastructure

Broadband internet access is increasingly essential infrastructure for business, agriculture, education and most other aspects of day-to-day life.  Communities must have broadband to compete in today’s economy.  USDA’s Economic Research Service states the situation in clear terms in a report released last month: In this decade, “rural communities that had greater broadband Internet access had […]

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STRIB on Cities and Broadband Stimulus Criteria

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune picked up on the NTIA/RUS stimulus broadband workshop, which I wrote about yesterday. Are Minnesota cities shut out by broadband rules? Criteria for seeking stimulus funds require proof that cities are underserved, and Minnesota providers can argue they’re not. By STEVE ALEXANDER, Star Tribune Last update: July 21, 2009 – 12:47 AM […]

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Southwest Minnesota Leading the Trend

SWMN Population 65+ in 2000 World’s Population Getting Older The world’s 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the United States, the population 65 and older will more than double by 2050, rising from 39 million today […]

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