Connected Community Engagement Program rebrands to better reflect work to improve connectivity across the country Bowling Green, Kentucky (September 14, 2021) – A lot has changed in the last year but from change comes opportunity–for the Connected Community Engagement Program (Connected) that means rebranding to more accurately reflect how the program helps communities, counties, and states. Connected is a Connected …
Connected Nation Cares: Staff Participates in Season of Giving
Bowling Green, KY. (December 10, 2019) – Connected Nation believes in helping others and giving back to communities. During 2019, CNÂ staff members volunteered for charities and nonprofits in their communities for a total of 762 hours. They also walked or ran 495.5 miles for charity. This holiday season, our staff will finish out the year by participating in the annual …
Identifying Broadband Needs in Rural Texas
San Angelo, TX (November 6, 2019) – Last week, Jennifer Harris, Connected Nation Texas State Program Director, attended the 26th Annual Texas Midwest Community Network Conference in San Angelo, Texas. Harris was chosen to give a special address focused on identifying broadband (high-speed internet) needs and connecting Texas communities. The Texas Midwest Community Network (TMCN) is a non-profit organization that …
Texas’ Digital Divide: The State of Broadband in Texas’ Rural Communities
Published by Fiscal Notes on October 22, 2019 By Lauren Mulverhill More than 2 million Texas households don’t have high-speed internet. While most of our city dwellers can access broadband, even urban Texas has pockets without it; Laredo and Brownsville hold the top two spots on a list of the nation’s worst-connected cities (PDF). But Texas’ vast rural areas are …