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A financial boost for Springfield's efforts to close the digital divide

Springfield City Council President Jesse Lederman
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Springfield City Council President Jesse Lederman

MBI awards $102,000 to support a digital equity plan

The city of Springfield has received a financial boost in its efforts to bring affordable high-speed internet access to more of its residents.

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute has awarded the city $102,000.

These funds will support efforts by the city administration, an ad-hoc City Council Committee, and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to produce a digital equity plan for Springfield.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Springfield City Council President Jesse Lederman.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.