Apr 20, 2023

Internet for All event in Hutchinson next week

Posted Apr 20, 2023 9:15 AM
Stringer Fine Arts Center-Courtesy Kansas Tourism
Stringer Fine Arts Center-Courtesy Kansas Tourism

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The bipartisan “Internet for All” initiative is bringing $5.7 million to Kansas to improve broadband access. How should it be spent?

The Kansas Department of Commerce is conducting surveys and focus groups now, so this is your chance to weigh in before the end of April.

Join the department on April 24 for the first ever Engage Kansas!

Engage ICT from 89.1 KMUW is going on the road with the Kansas Leadership Center and Radio Kansas to present Engage Kansas: Internet for All at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24, at Hutchinson Community College Stringer Fine Arts Center at 1300 N Plum in Hutchinson.

Panelists for the Monday conversation are:
-Morgan Barnes, Kansas Department of Commerce
-Stan Finger, Kansas Leadership Center's The Journal contributor
-Rolf Potts, Kansas resident and travel writer

Register at http://kansasleadershipcenter.org/.../engage-kansas...

The panel will discuss with attendees how you think the millions of dollars coming to Kansas to build internet infrastructure should be spent.

Right now is the time to weigh in.

Send your questions and comments in advance to [email protected].

Visit engageict.org to complete the Kansas Department of Commerce broadband access survey.  

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