Community Investment

Enrollment in Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program in Chicago Metro Area Reaches 33,000 Households – More than any other Metro Area

March 5, 2014

Comcast announces it will extend Internet Essentials program enrollment; Chicago, Cicero-Berwyn receive “Gold Medal Recognition” from Comcast for numbers of families enrolled in program; Two new “Internet Essentials Learning Zones” to bring community partners together to address digital divide… Comcast announced today in Chicago that enrollment in its Internet Essentials program in the Chicago Metropolitan […]

Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region Welcomes EveryBlock to the Neighborhood

January 24, 2014

A message from Matthew Summy, Vice President, External and Government Affairs, Comcast Greater Chicago Region… As part of our commitment to the communities we serve and to providing resources for sharing information locally, Comcast relaunched EveryBlock today in Chicago. First launched exactly six years ago to the day, EveryBlock.com is a virtual gathering place for […]

Comcast to Relaunch EveryBlock in Chicago

January 22, 2014

Visit EveryBlock.com and find out what’s happening in your neighborhood… Comcast is relaunching EveryBlock in Chicago tomorrow, Thursday, January 23. EveryBlock is an interactive hyperlocal Website that features information about what’s happening on a specific block, in a specific neighborhood or in a specific community. Designed to enhance neighborhood life, the kinds of information users […]

Attention Customers Whose Homes Were Damaged by the Recent Tornadoes in Illinois, NW Indiana and SW Michigan

November 21, 2013

Our hearts go out to all of those who are suffering as a result of the storms that struck in Illinois, Indiana and elsewhere last weekend. In an effort to help customers who lost their homes or whose homes are uninhabitable due to the storms, in the short term, Comcast is waiving late and early […]

Comcast Announces 30,000 Families Enrolled in Internet Essentials in state, over 1,000 in Central Illinois

October 17, 2013

With school now well underway, Comcast is once again working with local community partners, including the Springfield Urban League, to connect local families to Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative for low-income families. Internet Essentials helps close the digital divide by providing eligible families low-cost broadband service at home for […]