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Connecting Greater Cleveland: efforts to build a stronger, more equitable digital community

Whether we’re looking for directions, accessing our bank account, registering to vote, attending a class or making an appointment for vaccination, our daily lives increasingly depend on an internet connection. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed us to spend even more time connected to the internet, as schools, work and events have moved online to support physical distancing. Now more than ever, you need an in-home internet connection to participate in society and access vital services. Unfortunately, many people are at risk of being left behind.

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Stories of Impact: PCs for People aims to create a more connected community

PCs for People is striving to close the connectivity gap in Northeast Ohio, and in the wake of COVID-19, its mission feels more critical than ever.
 
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CWRU/CSU Internet of Things Collaborative establishing research hubs

The Internet of Things Collaborative—a joint research effort between Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State universities—will establish new research hubs to advance digital innovation in Northeast Ohio with a $3.1 million grant from the Cleveland Foundation.
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Cleveland Innovation Project announces initiatives to propel region's growth

The Cleveland Innovation Project—an alliance of the Cleveland Foundation, Fund For Our Economic Future, Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP), JumpStart, and TeamNEO—announced its vision for how to establish Cleveland as a leading Midwestern region for technology-led growth and inclusion by 2030.
 
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STEM kits help Cleveland kids build digital literacy skills

AT&T, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland Foundation teamed up to deliver STEM learning kits to Cleveland students during COVID-19. Learn more about how AT&T’s #BelieveCleveland initiative is helping advance digital literacy in a guest blog by Tony Costanzo, AT&T Director of External Affairs for Cleveland.

 
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Crain’s Cleveland Business launches digital divide series

Throughout the year, Crain’s Cleveland Business is examining the digital divide — the economic, educational and social inequalities between those who have computers and online access and those who do not. Coverage will look at how the issue affects the lives of members of our community and the business sectors in our region as well as possible solutions.

 
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Meet our team

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Leon Wilson
Chief of Digital Innovation & Chief Information Officer
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Curt Williams
Digital Innovation Fellow
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Register for Building the 21st Century City virtual symposium

The City of Cleveland and ULI Cleveland with support from the Cleveland Foundation will be hosting Building the 21st Century City: The Future is Now! on March 2-3. The symposium will focus on three critical components of the development of cities in the 21st Century:
  • Economic Development: Equitable Innovation
  • Mobility: Innovations in Mobility
  • Technology: Making Cleveland a Smarter City
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Get involved!

Visit us online to learn more about digital excellence initiatives at the Cleveland Foundation, or give now to the Digital Equity Fund.

Recent digital equity grants

  • Cleveland Public Library ($148,242) – To purchase 30 solar-powered portable charging units to allow patrons greater mobility in using library WiFi alongside 200 laptops for checkout among the library’s 27 branches and the Main Library downtown
  • DigitalC ($500,000) – To support the complete deployment of fixed-wireless internet access in the Fairfax neighborhood by building infrastructure to support capacity for the western half of Fairfax
  • Evergreen Cooperative Corporation ($70,500) – To pilot a wireless mesh network (similar to public WiFi) in the Glenville neighborhood that would allow residents to access the internet through a pay-by-the-minute model
More recent grants
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