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Tucson Coalition Builds Around Broadband Need, Digital Equity

March 25, 2022/

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Tucson Connected, a public-private partnership, hopes to combine the digital inclusion efforts at play across the region to connect a range of stakeholders to the subsidies and all residents to more equitable Internet.


Local governments have been making digital equity more of a priority since the onset of COVID-19, and many experts believe partnerships are the critical piece to closing the divide. Coalitions across the country, like Oakland, Calif.’s Town Link program, are working to do just that.

“One of the foundational services that libraries provide is access to technology, and Internet, and the devices to use in order to be able to connect to our world,” Simon explained.

 

Julia Edinger

 


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