Smart TVs and Regular Old Coffee

• Published in: Rural Telecommunications Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 5 - 7
• Main Author: Hamaker, Christian
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington National Telephone Cooperative Association 22.06.2019; National Telephone Cooperative
• Subjects: Associations; Coffee; Coffeemakers; Consumers; Employment; Federal agencies; Gig economy; Households; Performing arts; Population; Population growth; Prices; Prosperity; Recession; Rural areas; Surveys; Televisions; Workers; New York; Minnesota; Georgia; United States > US; Illinois; Wisconsin
• ISSN: 0744-2548

The group said the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Endowment for the Arts have found that: * Rural counties that are home to performing arts organizai ions experienced population growth three times faster and household incomes up to $6,000 higher than rural counties lacking such organizations. * Rural counties with businesses that integrate branding and design services recovered more quickly from the recession. Source: medium.com TV ANTENNAS ARE STARTING TO DOT THE SKYLINE AGAIN Have you noticed an uptick in rooftop Tv artennas in your community? A Consumer Technology Association survey shows that 31% of U.S. households have an anterna hooked up to at least one TV set-up from 28% In 2015 and 20% in 2009. [...]micropolitan areas'-rural communities with small urban centers-have rebounded to near-prerecession employment levels, and rural communities adjacent to cities fare better than remote counties."