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Resident urges council to pursue Massachusetts Broadband Institute funding and digital-equity grants
Summary
A former digital-equity working-group chair told councilors Springfield may be eligible for Massachusetts Broadband Institute funds and urged officials to ensure applications for neighborhood grants were submitted to capture available federal allocations.
Steven Howard, who identified himself as a resident and the former chair of the city—s digital equity working group, urged the council during public speak-out on April 7 to ensure Springfield applies for Massachusetts Broadband Institute and federal digital equity funds he said remain available.
Howard said an MBI update would be provided at a McKnight Neighborhood Council meeting and told the council…
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