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Arvig asks Becker County for letters and small cash contributions for two broadband BEAD applications
Summary
Arvig requested county letters of support and a combined $5,000 in local matching or demonstration funds for two broadband projects under the federal NTIA BEAD program; commissioners agreed to place a letter of support on the administrative report and asked county economic development (EDA) to consider funding.
Dave Shornack, director of business development and sales for Arvig, asked the Becker County Board of Commissioners on the public‑comment portion of the agenda for letters of support and modest county contributions for two proposed broadband builds in unserved or underserved parts of the county.
Shornack said the projects are candidates for the federal NTIA broadband program commonly referred to in the meeting transcript as “BED” (the federal BEAD program). He described one route passing 18 homes south of Detroit Lakes with a construction cost of about $138,239 and asked the county for $1,500; he described a second route by Ridgewood and Buffalo Lake that would pass 79 locations at a construction cost of about $412,780 and asked the county for…
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