One local nonprofit is leveraging nonprofit-corporate partnerships to create change While attending the University of Colorado, Boulder native Kern Shahi received a scholarship to address a pressing social issue with a community project. Seeing how lack of internet access at home was hurting local students and their opportunity to succeed, Shahi started making connections with […]
Closing the Connectivity Gap for Denver Housing Authority Residents
When Comcast launched Internet Essentials six years ago, we had no idea how it would be received or how many low-income Coloradans we could reach. What we did know, however, is low-income households are less likely to subscribe to broadband internet service at home compared to higher income families. According to the American Community Survey, […]
Fostering Connections to Connect More Coloradans to the Internet
The cost of housing is an increasingly complex challenge across the state of Colorado as the state’s diverse economy outperforms the nation and attracts new residents by the thousands. Fortunately, Colorado has a strong housing advocacy community working diligently to increase the amount of housing options in the state. To that end, the industry’s 270-member […]
Comcast Internet Essentials Program Closes Digital Divide for 168,000 Coloradans
It will be easier than ever for kids and parents to connect to news, resources, educational tools, and their friends and family networks as the 2017-2018 school year begins. On August 15, Comcast announced its Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program for low-income Americans, now connects more than […]
Connected, Committed, Community-minded: 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
At Comcast NBCUniversal, giving back is a core value and has been since our founding more than 50 years ago. We remain committed to using our company’s full scope of talent and technology to make a long-term, positive impact on our communities. We hope you take a moment to view our corporate citizenship story in […]