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DEED announces $52 million in broadband funding awards

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced on Wednesday the recipients of $52 million in grant awards to help expand broadband service to nearly 8,000 Minnesota homes and businesses in 24 counties throughout the state. The grants come from two DEED programs:

  • $25 million from DEED's flagship Border-to-Border Broadband Program, which reimburses broadband providers for up to half the eligible cost of deploying broadband infrastructure up to $10 million.
  • $27 million from the Low Population Density Program, which offers grants to providers building broadband service in areas of Minnesota with particularly low population densities and high broadband deployment costs. The grants can cover as much as 75% of the total cost of a project up to $10 million.

To date, DEED has awarded over $400 million in grants through these two programs, providing broadband access to nearly 120,000 homes and businesses. Communities and internet service providers contributed over $48 million in matching funds for this grant round and over $400 million for all grant rounds to date.

Congratulations to all of the Greater Minnesota communities that will benefit from this expansion of broadband services! You can read the full press release and review the awards here.

Contact:

info@gmnp.org

(651) 259-1908

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