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Pharr wins state broadband workforce grant; city to run fiber technician training and expand Pharr Connect
Summary
Pharr officials announced a Texas broadband workforce grant and $500,000 in matching funds, launching a fiber technician training school, internship commitments and expansion of Pharr Connect into multifamily communities starting at Winter Haven Mobile Home Park.
Pharr announced at its city commission meeting that it is a recipient of a Texas Broadband Workforce grant and will pair the award with $500,000 in local match funds to expand workforce training and the municipal Pharr Connect fiber network.
Napoleon Coker, grants director for the City of Pharr, said the award will support a fiber optic technician training school the city will host. "This is a workforce grant," he said, adding that pairing grant funds with education “has a bigger impact.” Jose Pena, Pharr's director of IT, said the program will be licensed through the Fiber Broadband Association and that Pharr will be one of three agencies in Texas offering the curriculum. "We're gonna train everybody in the Rio Grande Valley…
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