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Local reporting says most county households now served; about 1,600 remain, officials say
Summary
Local news coverage summarized in the minutes reports that of about 11,940 households identified as unserved or underserved, most now have service while around 1,600 remain; Commissioner Teri Freehling said she is awaiting BEAD results for remaining households.
Clipped local reporting included in the task force materials recounted the project’s history and current status: the Berrien County Broadband Internet Task Force began in 2019, the county partnered with Merit Network for household mapping, and MEC was selected as the provider that applied for a $56.4 million ROBIN grant.
The Herald Palladium excerpt states that of roughly 11,940 households identified as unserved or underserved, most now have access and about 1,600 remained to be served; Commissioner Teri Freehling, who chairs BCBIT, said she was awaiting BEAD results and expressed confidence remaining households will be served.
The task force minutes include both the SWMPC award materials that cite a total of about 9,221 homes to be served and the Herald Palladium reporting that referenced 11,940 households originally identified in county mapping, producing inconsistent totals in the record. The meeting materials note these differing figures in separate excerpts and do not attempt to reconcile them during the Jan. 8 meeting.
For public reporting, officials should verify the authoritative household counts with county or SWMPC records before publishing aggregate totals.
