According to the Brainerd Dispatch…
Blandin Foundation announced Tuesday it awarded 46 grants totaling $475,461 to help rural Minnesota communities in advancing high-speed Internet access and use.
The “Resilient Region,” which includes Cass, Wadena, Crow Wing, Todd and Morrison Counties, will benefit from four of the grants that will help achieve community-identified technology goals set last winter.
The projects include…
- Enhanced Marketing of Our Technology Sector: Project support to implement the Tech Services marketing plan.
- Video Conferencing System in CTC Technology Room at the BLAEDC/Chamber Offices in Brainerd: Capital support for video conferencing equipment for use by area businesses and organizations.
- “What the Tech?” Technology Expo: Project support to host a one-day tech expo event in Wadena that will combine active learning by MNSCU students and displays and seminars for the general public. (April 8)
- PCs for People Youth Project: Project support to continue to train youth to refurbish computers and distribute them to low-income families in the Brainerd area.