Issue Position: Creating Jobs; Broadband Internet

Issue Position

When Brian Stewart took office, the unemployment rate in Pickaway County was 9.3%. Working together with employers, state agencies, fellow elected officials, and community groups, Brian helped create more than 2,700 good-paying jobs in the county in 7 years. Brian knows what job creators are looking for at the state and local level, and he speaks their language. Brian will work to make this level of job creation possible all across the 78th District. A major component of this will be expanding broadband internet to rural communities in the 78th District and across the state. Rural communities are being left behind when it comes to internet access, and no company will make significant investments where it cannot access the web. Brian will work to develop a statewide approach to this connectivity problem which will empower local communities and remove barriers to expanded access.

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