The year is 2022, and millions of American families still do not have access to broadband at home. According to PEW Research, the number equates to over 20% of US families. Twenty years ago, having home internet was considered to be a luxury. It wasn’t classified as a necessity. However, in today’s world, home internet access is needed to succeed in both work and school. As part of its commitment to help communities achieve digital equity, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) just released the latest edition of its Digital Inclusion Coalition Guidebook, which is a valuable resource created to help community leaders on their quest to erase the digital divide.

Growth. That was the theme at the Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Savannah State of the Port address on February 24th. GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch announced during his address that the port’s container capacity will be expanding by 60%. This is huge for the port, which has played a key role in helping eliminate the backlog that accompanied the coronavirus over the past two years. By 2025, this expansion is expected to have increased the Port of Savannah’s capacity from 6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) to 9.5 million TEUs.

Representing different sectors of business and community leaders across the greater Chattanooga area, the new trustees reflect the nonprofit’s regional growth in leadership and representation across its 16-county footprint.