High-Tech Brings Rural Towns Back to Life. The Center to Bridge the Digital Divide

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: [email protected]

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