Wi-Fi for Detroit s cultural district to set stage for outdoor programs
Entire district will have free public Wi-Fi by late summer
Beginning to spur expanded outdoor, cultural programs in district this year
Detroit Historical Society
Public outdoor WiFi going in throughout the developing cultural disrict in Detroit is expected to draw more people and push more outdoor digital programming, such as this installation at the Detroit Historical Museum during Dlectricity in 2014.
The free outdoor Wi-Fi planned for the cultural district in Detroit s Midtown area is expected to set the stage for more outdoor programming, beginning this year.
Midtown Detroit Inc., the nonprofit leading planning efforts for the district, is working with Wayne State University s Computing and Information Technology Department and Ann Arbor-based design firm Rootoftwo LLC to extend the university s Wi-Fi system to public Wi-Fi for the Cultural Center, with the first installations expected this spring.
The free outdoor Wi-Fi planned for the cultural district in Detroit's Midtown area is expected to set the stage for more outdoor programming, beginning this year.Midtown Detroit Inc., the nonprofit leading planning efforts for the district, is working with Wayne State University's Computing and…
$500,000 grant to expand free outdoor Wi-Fi, programming in Detroit s Cultural Center
Grant awarded to Detroit s Cultural Center Planning Initiative
New digital strategy to help attract visitors, encourage outdoor programming
Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of several cultural institutions within the boundary of a new effort to expand free outdoor Wi-Fi.
A $500,000 grant will bring free outdoor Wi-Fi access to a broad swath of Detroit s Midtown neighborhood, home to many of the city s cultural institutions.
The grant, awarded to Detroit s Cultural Center Planning Initiative, comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with additional support from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, according to a news release.
Detroit to install free outdoor wifi in Cultural Center with $500K Knight Foundation grant
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DETROIT – The Knight Foundation has awarded Detroit’s Cultural Center Planning Initiative a $500K grant to help implement a digital strategy that includes free, outdoor public wifi.
Detroit’s Cultural Center, a designated area in Midtown that includes many of the museums along Woodward Avenue, Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies and University of Michigan buildings and the Detroit Public Library, is hoping to use the grant to create more welcoming spaces and to connect partner institutions.
“Not only will this grant support the installation of free, public Wi-Fi in the district, it will also support collaboration, risk-taking, and experimentation within Detroit’s Cultural Center for place-based, digital transformation,” stated Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI), who has been leading the CCPI over the last 18 month