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Council hears Broadlink presentation on BEAD awards and considers interlocal agreement for broadband
Summary
Broadlink officials told the council Spokane County has provisional BEAD awards covering roughly $90 million of the county’s $120 million allocation; council asked staff for more detail, discussed a potential board seat and asked Broadlink and staff to return with an interlocal agreement and specific benefits to Spokane Valley.
Broadlink, the Spokane County public-development authority for broadband, told the Spokane Valley City Council on Jan. 13 that it has applied for federal broadband funds and been provisionally awarded projects that could bring roughly $90 million of the county’s $120 million BEAD allocation to Spokane County.
Arion Schmidt, identified in the packet as Broadlink’s executive director, described Broadlink’s hybrid deployment model (fiber where feasible; fiber-to-tower and fixed wireless elsewhere), its role as a public incubator for public–private…
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