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Board adopts Mideast regional digital inclusion plan to expand broadband access and digital skills

Pitt County Board of Commissioners · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The Pitt County Board voted to adopt the Mideast Commission's regional Digital Inclusion Plan—developed with a 99-member steering committee and public input from 389 survey respondents—outlining device-access, affordability, broadband availability and digital skills projects intended to be grant-ready.

The Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt the Mid East Region Digital Inclusion Plan presented by Jamie Heath of the Mideast Commission.

Heath described a regional planning process that included a 99-member steering committee representing local governments, broadband support organizations, institutions of higher education, workforce development, health care, community organizations and private-sector partners. The plan used the NC Department of…

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