Churches in rural America are often more than houses of worship—these spaces of congregation and fellowship also can serve as community centers, as Seaside United Methodist Church does in the small town of Sunset Beach, N.C.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a Agriculture and Rural SuperCluster meeting at Purdue next month.
Sometimes creating a fruitful and productive partnership is as simple as asking a question. In Illinois, Wabash Communications Co-Op (Louisville, Ill.) General Manager Barry Adair approached another cooperative, EJ Water and asked how much they would charge to put fiber in the ground.