Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. Developments in communication technology and capacity are creating exciting new opportunities both for trade and for participation in civil society. This is not to suggest, however, that simply giving technology access to the poor will magically end poverty. Similarly, people with access are not automatically information rich . They must be able to use the information available to them to seek knowledgable answers to their questions.
Information is the key to problem solving.
Public access to technology is a tool which can be used to solve community development problems. It is a way of ensuring that every community stakeholder has the opportunity to benefit from an increasingly important resource. Access Minnesota Access Minnesota is an ongoing public Internet access project started in 1994. The Access Minnesota site includes an image map which will direct you to Internet public access sites in Minnesota. Access Minnesota is part of the University of Minnesota Extension Service Web site.