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Board approves BrightSpeed grant agreement, redesignates $1.77 million in county funds as match
Summary
Rockbridge supervisors approved an agreement with BrightSpeed to carry a VADI broadband grant forward and voted to designate $1,774,300 in general-fund dollars as the county match (replacing previously earmarked ARPA funds). The contract with the provider and the DHCD grant agreement remain in process.
The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 24 approved a county agreement with BrightSpeed and redesignated $1,774,300 in general-fund dollars to serve as the local match for a VADI broadband grant, replacing ARPA funds that the county earlier had reserved.
Why it matters: The redesignation ensures continued momentum on a large broadband project that had to be rescoped after a separate federal USDA award covered part of the same geography. County staff said the change avoids duplicative federal/state…
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