Geoff Millener

How Chattanooga is leveraging digital inclusion to open its innovation district to all

Given the challenges confronting emerging innovation economies, district leaders are faced with a difficult, but important question: How can we advance place-based, innovation-driven economic development while ensuring more people reap the benefits? In 2015, stakeholders in Chattanooga (TN) launched a digital-equity initiative, Tech Goes Home (adapted from the successful Boston model), to coincide with the launch of the Innovation District.