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300k visitors to KEYSPOT computer centers in two years [GRAPH]

More than 300,000 Philadelphians have used visited a KEYSPOT computing center, part of the city's $18 million federally funded public-private initiative to close the digital divide. As the two-year program winds down, the program is completing a survey to measure the diversity of KEYSPOT users.

During last April's opening of an Urban Affairs Coalition KEYSPOT location, this woman was among the first visitors. (Photo courtesy of Urban Affairs Coalition)

African American women are the most common users of KEYSPOT computing centers, according to preliminary data provided by KEYSPOT to Technically Philly.

More than 300,000 Philadelphians have used a KEYSPOT computing center in two years, part of the city’s $18 million federally funded public-private initiative to close the digital divide, said KEYSPOT program manager Kate Rivera. The group’s network of computer centers crossed the 300,000-person threshold this month, according to group estimates.

As the two-year program winds down, the program, powered by a stakeholder group known as the Freedom Rings Partnership, is completing a survey to measure the diversity of KEYSPOT users.

In the mean time, check out preliminary results from a survey of nearly 700 computing center users from July 2012 – Sept. 2012.

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Funding for KEYSPOT is set to run out June 2013, though Mayor Michael Nutter has proposed spending $624,000 to keep the program running and partner organizations are also working on finding funding.

Companies: KEYSPOT / Freedom Rings Partnership
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