City of Morland Gets Smart Rural Community Resources

Written by: Friday Otuya

February 3, 2025

The City of Morland is located in Graham County in the northwest region of Kansas. Nex-Tech has been serving the people of Morland with fiber broadband for many years. I recently had a great time visiting Morland and engaging with the city council on ways to work together to enhance the quality of life in the city.

We discussed:

  • Socioeconomic benefits of Nex-Tech fiber broadband
  • Opportunities for economic growth through the Nex-Tech Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
  • Opportunities to host a Nex-Tech Academy to enhance digital readiness in the community

We celebrated together as the city got a Smart Rural Certificate and Smart Rural Sign from Nex-Tech.

Overall, I think the engagement gave momentum to the developmental work being done by other stakeholders in the area. It is a good thing when groups, organizations, and institutions across Kansas work together to support our rural towns and cities. Nex-Tech will continue to foster such collaboration.

Any city or town served by Nex-Tech fiber broadband can request Smart Rural Community resources here: https://www.nex-tech.com/about/economic-development/smart-rural-community-provider/

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Friday Otuya
Community Engagement Specialist

Friday Otuya /Or-Too-Yah/ drives our multifaceted community economic development efforts and is the Nex-Tech contact for all our loan and grant programs. His vision is to position Nex-Tech as the community economic development partner of choice in Kansas for federal, state, and local stakeholders.  He lives with his wife and son in Hays, KS.

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