The Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. has selected Black-owned internet service provider Culture Wireless Group as its first contracted ISP to install high-speed internet along its projected 22 miles of outdoor trails.
Upon completion, the internet provided by Culture Wireless will serve those who live and work along the BeltLine, as well as visitors located within a specific radius of the system of multi-use trails.
“In addition to building trails, the Atlanta BeltLine is building out a technology infrastructure that will help bridge the digital divide for all Atlantans, particularly those who live and work along the BeltLine,” said Atlanta BeltLine CEO and president Clyde Higgs. “These investments are being made to ensure the most vulnerable populations along the BeltLine corridor have access to technology so they can further tap into the BeltLine economy and economic opportunities in general.”
Culture Wireless Group was founded to bring affordable and reliable internet to Atlanta’s underserved and under-resourced communities. Based out of Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood, the internet provider works to close the “digital divide” that burdens Black neighborhoods, businesses and the city’s collection of historically-Black colleges and universities comprising the Atlanta University Center.