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Thursday, January 02, 2020

Shared workspaces promote digital economy in rural areas

Rural residents are often less able to access jobs that depend on a broadband internet connection, since rural households are less likely to have such a service. However, an increasing number of small towns are investing in shared, wired-up work spaces to make such jobs more available.

"As remote and digital careers continue to grow in popularity, shared spaces offer workers community, collaboration and connection in remote areas, just like you’d find at the local general store," Sunny Naughton reports for The North Star Monthly in Danville, Vermont.

Click here to read more about what that looks like in small towns across Vermont, and how a statewide tech initiative is helping fund it.

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