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Hurst Community Initiative

Aspen Public Radio is proud to present select lectures and speakers from area events and conferences, thanks to community partnerships with the Aspen Ideas Festival, Here House, Aspen Art Museum, Wilderness Workshop, Hurst Community Initiative, Aspen Words, Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen Center for Physics, the Equity Speaker Series produced by MANAUS and TACAW, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Hurst Community Initiative: Broadband Internet in Rural Colorado

Aspen Public Radio

Published June 22, 2022 at 4:30 PM MDT

This event was recorded on June 22, 2022 as part of the Hurst Community Initiative Town Hall Speaker Series, in partnership with Aspen Public Radio.

Executive Director of the Colorado Broadband Office, Brandy Reitter, moderates a discussion on Broadband Internet initiatives underway in communities of Garfield County's Colorado River Valley. Featuring Diane Kruse, CEO of NEO Connect; Kevin Batchelder, Garfield County Manager; and Derek Hanrahan, from the Town of Silt Board of Trustees. Together, we'll hear first-hand from some of Colorado's most influential advocates for equitable access to high-speed Internet across rural Colorado.