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Stearns County says broadband program has leveraged $60M; pending federal approvals could boost coverage to 6,000+ premises
Summary
County staff told the board the broadband program has leveraged roughly $60 million in infrastructure to connect more than 5,000 premises and that pending federal approvals could raise total infrastructure to about $85 million and cover more than 6,000 premises.
County staff told the Stearns County Board Wednesday that the county’s multi-year broadband initiative — funded in part with county ARP dollars and township contributions and matched with state and federal Border-to-Border grants — has so far leveraged roughly $60 million in broadband infrastructure and connected more than 5,000 premises.
Staff said the initiative began after a 2017 study that showed several thousand premises in unserved or underserved areas. The…
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