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Amarillo To Host “Rural Broadband Town Hall” Wednesday

Amarillo will host a town hall today to explore ways to improve broadband access in rural areas today.

Representative Four Price and Senator Charles Perry will be in attendance, in hopes of better understanding the issue of rural broadband and how to better connect rural areas to the internet. 

According to a press release, attendees will be encouraged to voice their concerns “about the obstacles, and potential solutions” for providing better internet to all Texans.

The town hall is at 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in downtown Amarillo and is being hosted by Glasshouse Policy, the AARP, and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission at 

The event is free and open to the public. 

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