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As the state rushes to address the digital divide separating urban and rural Arkansans by using federal dollars for broadband infrastructure projects, another digital divide exists within urban communities.
“In cities like Little Rock and North Little Rock, it’s not so much an issue of having adequate broadband, but it’s an issue of the affordability, of being able to access that and having the educational tools to be able to use the online platforms that are available,” former Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola told Arkansas Business in a recent interview. He is now part of the Kauffman Foundation’s Mayors Council, which works to support increased access to the tools and resources entrepreneurs need to be successful, including broadband.
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