2022 : Economic Dev.
Diverse Telework Jobs Develop Slowly at Many Levels
Internet-based job growth in the Park is slow and diverse. The jobs range from highly skilled software engineering and money management to more general workforce jobs involving data entry for billing, medical records and distributed call center operations. Many of these jobs are part-time, but they are not seasonal. In towns where internet service appears, slowly tele-workers show up in the population. There is no "big bang" new employer, so it is harder to see and count. But in many towns, 10 news jobs each year is a lot. The diversity of the work means it is more stable than a single major employer.
Influenced Scenarios
Evidence
ADK Teleworks Wins $100k to Staff Up, Extend Outreach
Here is a news story about their effort.
Turn to page 79 of the 2013 REDC grant booklet here.
Broadband Funding Conference cites Keene
The news story is here.
Congressman supports telework efforts for the whole Park
Congressman Owens working to replicate telework jobs success scene on other regions. The Keene Broadband project is cited as a success story.
The news story is hereGrass roots effort started to attract and support teleworkers
This very active project is based in Indian Lake and intended to serve the wider Adk region. The hold various events as well run the web site.
A survey (done by Paul Smiths) of Keene 2 years after the broadband project there revealed 40% of respondents got more the 25% of their income from telework jobs. A smaller number, 25% got more than half their income from telework.
For Diverse Telework Jobs Develop Slowly at Many Levels
For Diverse Telework Jobs Develop Slowly at Many Levels