BRIGHTspot Partners (BSP) is a Non-Profit Corporation (501c3) established in 2016 when the money ran out on the last “Once-in-a-Generation” set of funding put in place to respond to the Great Recession, otherwise known as the Global Financial Crisis.
When the money ran out, the Federal Government’s approach was to encourage people to form “Public-Private-Partnerships” to find ways to connect unserved and underserved communities.
We were already working on this problem for the Governor of North Carolina, in a state that surprisingly has the second largest rural population in the country — the result of being both a large, and populous, state. In the words of many that worked with us, the goal was “to connect the last house on the last dirt road” in a state that is both heavily agricultural and mountainous.
Until the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, most people assumed that bridging the gaps for those in unserved communities was a “money” problem. But, when programs like ARRA and BTOP, and post-COVID programs CARES, ARP, IIJA, and IRA poured Billions into these communities to little long-term effect, they realized money was only part of the problem. The reality was the gaps just got wider.
The lesson was that unserved areas not only lack money, they lack the ‘“Muscle Power” that comes from the “people infrastructure” of large organizations, with large staffs, deep experience, and access to expertise. We have always focused on Muscle Power.
Our goal is to be the partner that can step in to help you connect the dots. That is our only purpose.
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