Smart Centers Grandview Location Northview Location Albion, MI 49224 Phone: 517.629.2511 Email: albionh@triton.net SMART CENTER RECEIVES STATE AWARD Wednesday, May 24, 2000 A program that places computer centers in lower-income neighborhoods in Albion received a Michigan Week Award this week. Albion's Smart Centers are equipped with computers linked to the Internet. Children can visit the center to play games or do homework, while adults can use the technology to draft a resume or acquire job skills.
			Information technology is driving the new economy, but not everyone is benefiting. The Smart Centers address the need for everybody to have access to new technologies. While the number of Americans with access to computers and the Internet is growing at an exponential rate, there is also a growing split between the information haves and have-nots. A project of the Forks Initiative and operated by the Albion Housing Commission, the Technology Centers are open to the general public as well as to residents.  Call for current schedules (629.2511).
			Facts In a society that increasingly relies on computers and the Internet to deliver information and enhance communication, we need to make sure that all Albion community members have access. Our local, state, national and global economies demand it. Ready access to telecommunication tools produces the kind of technology literate work force that enables Albion to continue with a place in the economic main stream.
			Implications The Smart Centers provide individuals without telecommunication information and computers, access to the new technologies. No longer are community members without technology resources, stuck on a plateau with few opportunities and dimming prospects for Internet and computer information. The Smart Centers provide the competitive information technology asset, now and in the future, the ready access to information is a dynamic dimension to shaping economic growth and stability. Ensuring access to the fundamental tools of the digital economy is one of the most significant investments Albion can make. Our community's most valuable resource is its people. Our small and large businesses are only as good as their workers. Highly skilled, well-educated workers generate profitable businesses.
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