Economic development officials will agree: the workforce is the number one issue when it comes to creating, attracting, retaining, or expanding businesses in their communities. It has always been this way, but in the unfolding information age, it is even…
(This article was adapted from the author’s Medium post) The recent announcement of funding for the Next Level rural broadband investments in Indiana is a step in the right direction to ensure all Indiana communities participate fully in the digital…
fThe Census Bureau released last week 2013-2017 five-year estimates of multiple socioeconomic characteristics, including household with internet subscriptions and computing devices. To further understand an Indiana urban-rural digital divide, census tract or neighborhood level data was analyzed. This analysis utilized…
The latest Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Form 477 dataset was released last month. This June 2017 dataset (includes revisions through August 2018) contains information submitted by internet providers—twice per year—on broadband technologies and maximum advertised speeds at the census block…
A recently released dataset (compiled using 2010-2015 data) developed by the Centers for Disease Control, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems looked at life expectancy at birth at the neighborhood…
The Community Development Achievement Award is presented to a Community Development Society (CDS) member in recognition of his or her outstanding contribution to community development. The person may be recognized for teaching, research, practice, programming, administration or any combination of…
Rural broadband is a trendy topic today. One of the reasons for this is broadband is to the 21st century what rail and highways were to last century. Any community, home or individual without access to adequate broadband connectivity is…
Purdue University (including the Purdue Center for Regional Development), Ivy Tech, and local partners such as the community foundation were awarded a nearly $40 million grant from Lilly Endowment, for the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN). WHIN represents the 10…