SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Spectrum has awarded the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse a $20,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant for its broadband computer learning lab and launch.
The funding is part of the company’s five-year, $7 million commitment to digital education in Spectrum communities across the country, per its announcement.
Westcott Community Center will use the funding to train and support older adults with broadband-technology instruction, assess their needs for connection, and help them develop skills to “build better and fuller lives,” Spectrum said.
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The center will also provide additional technology instruction to job seekers and community members in need of digital-literacy skills.
Spectrum on Friday presented a check and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Westcott Community Center, which is located at 826 Euclid Ave. in Syracuse. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh; Joan Royle, executive director for the Westcott Community Center; and Alice Kim, director of government affairs for Charter offered brief remarks.