Holyoke, Massachusetts signed a contract with Cisco to turn the city for the good. This is going to be done through a grant given. This city has about 12% unemployment, and has trouble attracting people (doesn't it sound like Kalamazoo?) It used to be a big mill town but died out along with the mills. The contract was signed in February. We should all keep an eye and see how much technology could revive a city.
www.fastcompany.com/1546430/cisco-plans-to-make-a-massachusetts-city-smarter-rather-than-build-one-from-scratch
This could be interesting. They had to have had some solid grounds off which to base their loan proposal. Cisco would not give out a big loan like this unless they thought that Holyoke would be able to pay it back.
ReplyDeleteever more reason to be hopeful. i'm glad the need for change is being taken seriously and that companies like Cisco are pitching in.
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