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Redwood Coast Connect presents $1M USDA broadband technical assistance grant to Trinity County for last-mile planning
Summary
Cal Poly Humboldt and Brightscape Networks reviewed a USDA Rural Development cooperative agreement for $1 million over two years to produce community needs assessments, build broadband expansion strategies and prepare grant-ready application packages for eligible communities in Trinity and Humboldt counties.
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors received a presentation Sept. 16 from the Redwood Coast Connect Broadband Consortium on a $1 million USDA Rural Development broadband technical assistance cooperative agreement intended to prepare communities in Trinity and Humboldt counties for future last-mile broadband funding opportunities.
Connie Stewart, executive director of initiatives at Cal Poly Humboldt, said the grant will help “hook up households and businesses” to recent middle-mile infrastructure and make communities “shovel ready” for last-mile funding. She described the agreement as…
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