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In Southern Illinois, Benton and West Frankfort are only 8 miles apart. Yet they do not collaborate on economic development. Until now. The possibility of a new fiber-optic network is expanding the opportunities to collaborate between these two small Illinois communities.
And that's the point. When you're trying to build collaboration, focus on a handful of different opportunities. Push for some results as quickly as possible. Regional collaboration sounds great in theory, but it only works in practice.
If you're interested in learning more about broadband deployment in rural communities, you might want to check out the ConnectSI website here.
You can read more about the collaboration emerging in Southern Illinois from this article.
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