High-Tech Brings Rural Towns Back to Life. The Center to Bridge the Digital Divide
| December 18, 2007 |  View for printing |
Three trends are fueling growth in some rural areas, says Bill Gillis, director of the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide http://cbdd.wsu.edu/ in Spokane, Wash.
Mobile dot-commers with "golden Rolodexes" are launching tech-based companies. Eco-fuel growth and rising corn prices are pumping money toward entrepreneurs in traditional breadbasket industries. And government investments in broadband and high-tech "incubators" (subsidized office space geared toward high-tech businesses) are allowing local economies to branch out beyond the cotton and corn fields.
The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Patrik Jonsson
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1218/p03s01-ussc.html
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If you'd like to find out how Bill Gillis and the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide can help your community, please contact him:
Bill Gillis, WSU Extension Educator Rural Economic Development
WSU, Spokane, South Campus Facility
Suite 213, P.O. Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210-1495
Tel: 509,358-7873;
Mobile: 509-432-4243;
Fax: 509-335-9213
e-mail: bgillis@wsu.edu
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