New(ish) Name, Same ARC Goal - More Broadband In The Mountains

Appalachian Regional Commission
The new co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission may be familiar – as is one of her goals for the people of the mountains.  
Gayle Manchin and the ARC both have their roots in West Virginia.  “John F. Kennedy came to West Virginia, and there were no highways in 1960 when he was campaigning for president," Manchin said during a stop in Asheville Wednesday.  "And he said a state can’t grow if it doesn’t have highways.”
Gayle Manchin
Credit Appalachian Regional Commission
President Kennedy pushed for the Appalachian Regional Commission, which was formally created in 1965 after his assassination.  More than 50 years later, the federal agency which offers funding to counties in 13 states within the mountain range wants to connect them further to the rest of the country.

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