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How Chattanooga aims to cut poverty with superfast internet Breaking barriers

March 7, 2017/

The city’s gigabit network has earned it a reputation as a flourishing tech hub. Now, city leaders are trying to figure out how to spread the digital wealth to residents left behind.

"The reason that we worry about [start-ups] moving is that they won’t have the number of people that they need to service their businesses…. We want to be a city that solves those issues."

Lonnie Shekhtman

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2017/0306/How-Chattanooga-aims-to-cut-poverty-with-superfast-internet

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