The

Missouri Director of Agriculture says Governor Parson’s statewide 50-million-dollar

broadband initiative, announced earlier this month, will help bring broadband

to rural communities.

Chris

Chinn tells Brownfield COVID-19 has highlighted the already existing need for

rural broadband in the state.

“It

brought a lot of new people to the table to talk about the challenges that are

out there in rural Missouri, and rural America as a whole,” she said.

Chinn

said expanding and improving broadband allows more rural residents to work from

home during and after the pandemic.

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