"We are an area rich in services, yet they remain fragmented and disconnected for too many," says the economic and community development director for the town of Stonington, Maine.
Thanks to a $12 million grant from the US Department of Treasury, the town will now be able to do just that.
The Portland Press Herald reports the town is one of 12 in Maine to receive a grant from the Maine Connectivity Authority, which aims to make libraries, community centers, tribal buildings, and affordable housing more accessible to those who live in rural areas and have limited access to high-speed Internet.
"We are an area rich in services, yet they remain fragmented and disconnected for too many," says Linda Nelson, economic and community development director for the town of Stonington.
The grants will go to organizations that include the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkomikuk and Franklin County Adult and Community Education.
The Passamaquoddy Tribe will use the funding to expand workforce recovery programming, while Franklin County will use it to provide workforce training, education, and health care access.
"This amazing funding will turn a historic, 1905 school building into a shining portal to the future through navigation services, tools, and new technologies that are central to the town's Economic Resiliency
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