Since the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ended, the gap between acknowledging broadband’s essential nature and ensuring its affordability and accessibility for all has widened.
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The Center on Rural Innovation is excited to announce that Siegel Family Endowment has renewed its long-running, transformational support with a $1 million grant to create opportunities for rural people to thrive in the tech economy.
What do rural Build to Scale winners have in common? To find the answer, CORI set out to see what the data says about our lessons learned supporting more than 30 Build to Scale applications, and created an interactive tool for you to explore.
Working with rural data can be challenging, but CORI's data team has some helpful tips to guide anyone seeking to map rural data.
New initiatives are investing in the future of rural people on an historic scale, and Rural Innovation Network members are part of that push.
Using SEC Form D data to identify which micropolitan areas have been hotbeds for venture capital investment.
What does lighter, quicker, cheaper placemaking look like in action? We highlight examples from each of the communities CORI has worked with.
From our work in dozens of rural communities across the U.S. — from Wasilla, Alaska, to Nacogdoches, Texas — we’ve identified three takeaways for successful tech-based economic development.