Kentucky’s Broadband Initiative: Your Speed Test Matters!
Do you have slow Internet or no Internet at all? Feel like your voice hasn’t been heard? You can change that! It’s as easy as a Speed Test. Kentucky stands…
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Connectivity is life-changing and life-saving at the Red Bird Mission
In 2023, Shaping Our Appalachian Region launched a third cohort with the Kentucky Department for Public Health to bring Starlink Internet service to some of the most rural and isolated…
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No Holler Left Behind: USDA Announces SOAR As Recipient of Broadband Technical Assistance Grant
At Shaping Our Appalachian Region, we’re committed to ensuring that every corner of Eastern Kentucky has access to affordable, reliable internet. It’s a key component of our Blueprint and a…
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Five Eastern Kentucky Counties Banded together to Encourage Remote Workers to Relocate
Wanting to recruit remote workers to Eastern Kentucky, we started working with MakeMyMove (MMM), the nation’s first and only marketplace that matches remote workers to communities across the country offering…
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SOAR Receives $500,000 from the FCC Affordable Connectivity Program to help Eastern Kentucky Communities
We are proud to announce we have been awarded a $500,000 grant by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program to expand the FCC Affordable Connectivity Program to help Eastern Kentucky…
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Meet your Digital Equity Team!
Happy Digital Equity Month! Our Office of Digital Equity is ready to help families in our Eastern Kentucky region! SOAR founded the Office of Digital Literacy to help every resident:…
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Eastern Kentucky Homes & Affordable Internet
Our Office of Digital Literacy team is ready to help families in our Eastern Kentucky region! SOAR founded the Office of Digital Literacy to help every resident: Use the internet…
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SOAR Selected as part of Microsoft’s National TechSpark Grant
We are proud to announce that we will be collaborating with Microsoft TechSpark to foster inclusive economic opportunity, job creation, and innovation in Kentucky’s 54 Appalachian counties. The support will…
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Code Kentucky partnership to bring free software development training to region
Remote tech jobs are in high demand. And there’s no better place to plug in and work and unplug and play. That’s why we have partnered with Code Kentucky to…
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Have you heard of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)?
We are working to help build awareness about the Affordable Connectivity Program, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program. ACP helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for…
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