Saturday, October 04, 2003
Nevada, MO is another rural community determined to provide telecommunications infrastructure comparable to any major city. The reason: economic development.
According to EDPro Sam Foursha, "We expect the number of new jobs in Nevada and Vernon County to grow to nearly 1,000 in the next year."
Nevada is a community of 10,000 people located 100 miles south of Kansas City and with no interstate access. Yet, Yahoo magazine named Nevada the “Most Wired City in America” in 2000.
Nevada is now deploying a wireless broadband network. Learn more about what they are doing.
posted by Ed Morrison |
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
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Nevada, MO: telecomm infrastructure for a rural community
