Everything’s Better with Better Broadband
LMC City Speak
English - July 24, 2020 04:00 - 21 minutes - 48.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsGovernment cityissues engagementandlearning greatermn localgovernment minnesotacities twincities Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Access to reliable, high-speed internet is vital to the economic success of a community — a big reason why Minnesota has a goal of border-to-border broadband by 2026. But building a broadband infrastructure in a community takes more than technical know-how. Blandin Foundation’s Bernadine Joselyn, director of public policy & engagement, and Bill Coleman, community broadband coach, talk about how technology is just a small piece of the broadband puzzle and how hope, tenacity (gird your loins!), and local leadership are the key ingredients to bringing border-to-border broadband services to cities. Episode Transcript (pdf)