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Blog // Connect Iowa

03/14/13

WATCH: Connecting Newton - How Broadband is Creating Jobs in Jasper County

By Jeremy Thacker

The manufacturing jobs that were once Newton's bread and butter have been quickly vanishing. But now, thanks to high-quality broadband connection, many of the town's skilled workers are finding new ways to use their talents and protect their small-town quality-of-life by joining the new digital, global economy directly from the heartland. Connecting Newton - How Broadband is Creating Jobs in Jasper County from Connected Nation on Vimeo.  

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01/20/12

Connect Iowa and IARC Join Forces for Local Impact

By Jeremy Thacker

Leaders from across Iowa are back home this week with a critical new mission: Revive their communities through broadband expansion. Members of Councils of Governments (COGs) from across the state are now taking charge of bringing broadband to their communities. They took part in an intensive training last week on all things Internet. Connect Iowa in partnership with the Iowa Association of Regional Councils (IARC) offered the so-called “broadband university”. Participants got a crash course on how to begin broadband expansion at their local level through Connect Iowa’s new “Connected” community certification program. “Connect Iowa’s...

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01/13/12

New Broadband Advisory Committee Meets

By Jeremy Thacker

Connect Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) now have a new broadband advisory committee in place. The committee includes elected officials, public service agency representatives, providers, educators, librarians, and business people. They met for the first time this week in Des Moines to discuss purposes and goals of the Connect Iowa initiative. “The first meeting of the advisory council was really interesting because there were so many people representing different pieces of the broadband puzzle around the table,” said committee member and Iowa State Librarian Mary Wegner. “I am excited that we will be working together...

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