High-tech brings rural towns back to life

HIGH-TECH BRINGS RURAL TOWNS BACK TO LIFE
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Patrik Jonsson]
Three trends are fueling growth in some rural areas, says Bill Gillis, director of the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide in Spokane, Wash. Mobile dot-commers with "golden Rolodexes" are launching tech-based companies. Eco-fuel growth and rising corn prices are pumping money toward entrepreneurs in traditional breadbasket industries. And government investments in broadband and high-tech "incubators" (subsidized office space geared toward high-tech businesses) are allowing local economies to branch out beyond the cotton and corn fields.
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