This week I have been on the road visiting Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) folks in the field with the MIRC team and some consultants with the NTIA. (Here are some of us in Willmar.) The consultants are visiting with us and other ARRA/BTOP recipients across the country to do some evaluations of what’s working with broadband adoption. For the rest of us on the tour, it was a great opportunity to see what’s happening on the frontlines, hear some fun – often heartwarming – stories and learn about how barriers have been overcome. I’m hoping to share these stories and lessons on the blog over the next couple of weeks.

To get us started, Bernadine Joselyn talks about observations and reflections on the visits…