Neil Mylet is a do-er.  He’s a farmer, a tech advocate and connecting rod.  Neil is also putting his money and his talents where his mouth is, funding his own project, Camden Castle and ensuring a wide spectrum of top-tier programming and connections for his 600 neighbors in the village of Camden, Indiana.

Neil sees great opportunity in a future rural economy leveraging AI, blockchain, among other tech and tech-enabled products and services yet to be developed.

Students and their families from this village of  are given opportunities to intern and engage with organizations in the United States such as the Tulsa Innovation Labs and MIT and internationally with tech centers like the RDI Labs of Ireland.

"It’s very challenging in rural America to access a competitive advantage, resources, in a comfortable environment and we need to change that…"

This conversation was all about how folks like Neil, yours truly, and you our faithful listeners build access into your own local projects; how do we stay the course on what is important to us as a project of economic development and physical space development despite all the challenges.  Listen in to learn, grab some ideas and make them your own.

Mentioned in our episode: Camden Castle, Tulsa Innovation Labs,  House of Lobkowicz, MIT, RDI Lab (Ireland)