Before the steak sizzles on your grill, a lot happens behind the scenes of the meat counter – and most of it depends upon reliable communication. A newly awarded Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) from the United States Department of…
Co-authors: Jordan Jicha, Sylvia Smith, and Tim Branyan The Hoosier Heartland Small Business Development Center (HHISBDC) serves the 12-county region of Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, and White counties in Indiana. The Purdue Center…
In the previous two blog posts on this “Indiana’s Digital Equity Landscape” series, we looked at home internet adoption numbers and the reasons why specific groups do not subscribe to home internet. Today we take a deeper look at internet…
In our previous post, we talked about paying for home internet for the previous 12 months. This is a key variable when looking at digital equity for several reasons. First, data limits with home internet subscriptions are higher than cellular…
The state of Indiana—like all other states and territories—is in the middle of a digital equity planning process. This plan is required for the state to access future capacity building digital equity funds, that are part of the Infrastructure Investment…
Dr. Indraneel Kumar will be promoted to associate director for the Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD), effective September 1, 2023. He has also been with the center since its inception in 2005. Kumar is currently the principal regional planner…
Written by Roberto Gallardo and Benjamin St. Germain. Affordability of home internet service is among the top barriers to reduce the digital divide across the country and in Indiana. In fact, any project funded by the Broadband Equity, Adoption, and…
Join us in making history through contributing to Indiana’s first-ever Digital Equity Plan! In July and August, Indiana’s Digital Equity taskforce is hosting a series of solution sessions to garner public input. So register today for one of the solution…