In June of 2016, The Nation noticed just how well Chattanooga’s municipal network was doing in the realms of cost, reliability, and accessibility for all of its citizens. In this research, The Nation’s reporters reached out to ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell to get perspective on municipal networks, generally.… Read More
In April of 2016, the Scientific American cited our report on the benefits of microgrids for renewable energy arrays and community-based renewable energy. This article details a microgrid pilot program in Brooklyn, New York and the way that it is enabling a low-cost switch to renewables.… Read More
As Minnesota’s Legislature decides on funding for the state’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, local media is calling on state leaders to prioritize local connectivity in the Capitol Chambers. This year, Governor Dayton’s office is recommending allocating $100 million to the program.… Read More
After visiting D.C.-area schools, Mrs. Obama visited the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Waste to Wealth initiative Project Manager Linda Bilsens at her home to laud the community garden they have cultivated in their yard.… Read More
All great empires eventually fall. This is as true in retail as it is in geopolitics. In this story, originally published in Common Dreams, ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell delves into the reality of Walmart’s retail overbuilding, and how our local economies have suffered due to that disastrous decision.… Read More
On January 12th, 2016 StateTech Magazine delved into the possibility that Newark, Delaware was looking into a community broadband possibility, and their reporters reached out to our expert Christopher Mitchell for his insight on the landscape of community networks across America.… Read More
On January 9th, 2016, the San Antonio Express-News cited our original research on the benefits of small-scale community banks in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential Election.… Read More
On January 8th, 2016, Christopher Mitchell was quoted in a story written by Government Technology on the fiber plan that Shawnee, Kansas is enacting to better the infrastructure and future of their community. In Mitchell’s words: “A master plan shows that a community is thinking about the long term”.… Read More
On December 27th, 2015, Christopher Mitchell was quoted by the Delaware News Journal on Newark, N.J.’s decision to study public broadband networks. Here’s a sampling: “Cities and other municipalities began to offer such services to improve access. Today, the motivation is to disrupt a market sometimes dominated entirely by Comcast and Verizon to compete in terms of quality and price, Mitchell said. Mitchell said some municipally sponsored systems have been able to offer 1 gigabyte-per-second Internet for around $75 a month. A gigabyte is 1,000 megabytes.”… Read More
