Broadband contracts progress; third round of microenterprise technical‑assistance grant open with July 31 deadline

Staff reported continued work with the Connect All Office on broadband buildout; providers that bid and were approved are moving toward contracting, and Fidium (previously Archtap) was specifically named as a contractor. Staff noted Starlink applications clustered in New Lebanon and that the county does not expect Starlink to provide the funded buildout in other towns. They said CEDC will request the first $60,000 of a $120,000 Connect All grant for a consultant study on cellular service and are preparing a second scope of work for the remaining funds.