Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 6

104 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 provide better access to online education for the local school districts but access for online business, farm applications, and healthcare through telemedicine visits will be greatly improved. “Cass County became one of the first Indiana communities to become certified by The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and the Indiana Broadband Office as a Broadband Ready Community,” says Householder. “With this certification it sends a signal to the telecommunications industry that Cass County has taken steps to reduce barriers to broadband infrastructure investment by establishing a permit procedure.” Cass County is home to 40,000 residents, 20,000 of which reside in Logansport, which calls itself a “micro city”. Being ideally situated with the state’s major cities less than two hours away and Chicago less than three, Cass County