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Board approves $1,000 contribution and letter supporting East Central Energy BEED broadband grant
Summary
Pine County commissioners voted to send a letter of support and provide up to $1,000 toward East Central Energy's application to the Minnesota BEED (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) grant, which aims to close remaining service gaps in the county using fiber-to-the-home construction.
Dennis Rice, broadband manager for East Central Energy (ECE), asked the Pine County Board of Commissioners for a letter of support and a financial contribution of up to $1,000 toward ECE’s BEED (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) grant application. Rice said ECE plans to use the same high-quality fiber-to-the-home design used in prior border-to-border builds to cover roughly 2,631 eligible locations remaining in Pine County.
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