🎉🗒️We will be celebrating the first day of 2023 with over 400 Builders through the Builders + Backers #IdeaAccelerator! Apply now to be a part of it buildersandbackers.com/idea-accelerat…

It’s #GivingTuesday! Did you know that America’s heartland is equivalent to the third largest economy in the world? Supporting its economic prosperity takes a lot of heart. Give today: heartlandforward.org/donate/givingt…

Heartland Forward has fueled heartland entrepreneurship by supporting 324 business people who have tested 238 ideas and launched 91 ventures. With your help, we can do more. heartlandforward.org/donate/givingt…

.Heartland Forward is a think and do tank – and that’s why our latest report doesn’t just identify the problems, it proposes solutions. Read our policy roadmap here and join us as we envision a healthier heartland bit.ly/3FdAVeB

🎉Toss the confetti! This year alongside @buildersbacker, we gave over $1 million in pebble fund grants to 200 aspiring entrepreneurs. #ThinkAndDo

🎄🔔 Set that alarm🎄🔔 Hot Ones Holiday Extravaganza is back 12/22! This year, we’re bringing loads of surprises including the inaugural Hot Ones Awards, a VERY special bonus guest and more to support our community partner Common Threads. Tune in! ✨

Hot Ones Holiday Extravaganza is back! Supporting ⁦Common Threads⁩ - an amazing organization - providing cooking and nutrition education to children and families. Join me in donating today! Thank you ⁦⁦First We Feast⁩ #HotOnes youtu.be/11yhaCoQskY

As a nonpartisan 501c3 charitable “think” and “do” tank, we depend on the generosity of our supporters to carry out our essential work. Check out our Giving Guide for ways you can fuel our mission. heartlandforward.org/news/the-2022-…

Today in #Tulsa, 10 promising Heartland Builders are taking part in Stepping Stones, a program offering add'l support to entrepreneurs who have completed the Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator + are on the road to generating $1MM in revenue. We'll introduce them here soon!

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Today, Angie Cooper + Ross DeVol from Heartland Forward spoke at the statehouse in Columbus, OH, about broadband + economic development in the heartland. Reps from Ohio Development Ohio Chamber + others joined them to discuss connecting communities in OH and beyond.

Let's hear it for the 2023 Charles Benton Digital Equity Award winners! 🥳🎉 #NetInclusion23 Angie Cooper Burt Lum

🚨TODAY: Excited to have our very own Angie Cooper on a New America panel about closing the #digitaldivide on the first day of #ACPWeekOfAction. You can tune in by using #AccessOTI & following Open Tech Institute. #OnlineForAll newamerica.org/oti/events/clo…

‼️Heartland Forward was honored to be at the The White House today for the announcement of over $40 billion in internet funding through #BEAD! Angie Cooper FCC U.S. Commerce Dept. Gina Raimondo Jessica Rosenworcel Mitch Landrieu Learn more⤵️ whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Having access to affordable high-speed internet is the #1 economic issue of our time #closingthedigitaldivde

Access to high-speed internet is the #1 economic issue of our time. Read more from Angie Cooper in her op-ed AR Democrat-Gazette. Closing the #DigitalDivide means making our local economies resilient & increasing regional competitiveness. Read why: arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jul/…

NEW: Oklahoma native,Angie Cooper writes in The Oklahoman about affordable high-speed internet, the #1 economic issue of our time & our upcoming #Accelerate programming in partnership w/ Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Oklahoma Broadband Office & Oklahoma State Univ. to close the #DigitalDivide. oklahoman.com/story/opinion/…

Heartland Forward, under Solomon’s leadership, is committed to doing our part to close the digital divide. It is an economic imperative similar to electrification a century ago. #DigitalDivide

“The number one economic issue of our time is connecting the heartland to high-speed internet,” said Angie Cooper in a piece from @POLITICO and Ford Foundation. “If we're going to grow our economies, we have to solve for this.” Read it all: politi.co/4epPtZv

We’re starting our morning with a discussion on building inclusive economies moderated by Public Private Strategies’s Rhett Buttle, and featuring #NewDEALer Mayor Cara Spencer, Heartland Forward’s Angie Cooper, and Economic Innovation Group’s John Lettieri. Join us here: 📺 newdealleaders.org/event/14th-ann…