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Board agrees to support Empower broadband application to fill internet 'holes' in county
Summary
Greensville County supervisors voted to send a letter of support for Empower's broadband grant application intended to extend fiber and apply for federal BEAD/BED funds to reach hundreds of unserved or underserved addresses.
David Lipscomb of Empower updated the Greensville County Board of Supervisors on the company’s fiber deployment in the region and asked the board to provide a letter of support for an application to the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Lipscomb described regional work funded through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative and said Empower’s regional projects passed 23,195 homes across several counties. He said the company will serve 3,862 addresses in Greensville County in total: about 2,034 addresses added via the 2023 Virginia…
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