Another nonprofit focusing on online access, Austin Free-Net's mission is to provide the hardware, internet connection, and training necessary for the general public to find all kinds of web-based information that lack of expensive equipment and technical know-how may have previously kept obscure. Starting out by placing computer stations in libraries and low-income housing projects in the central city, Free-Net's directors Sue Beckwith and Jeff Evans plan to have 51 public access stations in locations throughout Austin and Cedar Park by the year's end. We're certainly not the first to commend the group's effort -- the Texas State Library and Archives Commission presented them with a $206,000 grant earlier this year that is sure to make their goal considerably more reachable.
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