---
title: "The Internet and Community Networks: Case Studies of Five U.S. Cities"
description: "This paper looks at five U.S. cities (Austin, Cleveland, Nashville, Portland, and Washington, DC) and explores strategies being employed by community activists and local governments to create and sustain community networking projects."
date: "2001-09-24"
authors:
  - name: "John B. Horrigan"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/john-b-horrigan/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2001/09/24/the-internet-and-community-networks-case-studies-of-five-u-s-cities/"
categories:
  - "Politics & Media"
  - "Politics Online"
  - "Social Media"
tags:
  - "Communities"
---

# The Internet and Community Networks: Case Studies of Five U.S. Cities

This paper looks at five U.S. cities (Austin, Cleveland, Nashville, Portland, and Washington, DC) and explores strategies being employed by community activists and local governments to create and sustain community networking projects. Paper available at [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cs.CY/0109084](http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cs.CY/0109084)