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Strategies laid out to boost state s growth opportunities
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Last week, an organization that promotes economic development called on Arkansas policymakers and business leaders to aggressively pursue a culture shift in how the state recruits and invests in growth opportunities.
Heartland Forward, a Bentonville think tank, delivered a 77-page economic development report Wednesday to a task force of business and community leaders that Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed to help protect businesses and promote public health during the pandemic.
Heartland s strategy outlines specific recommendations for six focus areas that can spark the state s post-pandemic economic recovery:
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The governor’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Steering Committee late Wednesday voted to recommend that the governor approve $150 million in federal funding for broadband deployment grants.
The committee also voted to reconvene soon to discuss hiring a consultant to guide the state’s efforts to close the digital divide.
State Commerce Secretary Mike Preston and Steven Porch, executive broadband manager for the Commerce Department’s broadband office, had asked for $300 million.
They explained to the committee that internet service providers and their partner cities and counties had already submitted qualifying Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) grant applications for a total of $30.7 million. Another $114.7 million applied for could also be awarded as soon as deployment projects are tweaked to meet new ARPA requirements, mostly to do with speeds.
Aristotle Unified Communications Bridges the Digital Divide in Arkansas by Rapidly Extending the Reach of Fiber with Fixed Wireless Technology from Cambium Networks
Innovative broadband service provider Aristotle connects nine hard-to-reach counties in eight months using Cambium Networks fixed wireless broadband solutions
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ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Cambium Networks (NASDAQ: CMBM), a leading global provider of wireless networking solutions, today announced it will power efforts to deliver affordable wireless broadband access in Arkansas and quickly bridge the digital divide. Cambium will provide licensed microwave backhaul and fixed wireless access systems to Aristotle Unified Communications to deliver up to 100 Mbps wireless broadband internet access to several underserved regions in Arkansas at a fraction of the time of laying fiber. The project is critical to improving the state s bottom-10 ranki
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