MN grants to fund broadband expansion

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is awarding 53-million dollars in grants to expand broadband access to some 8,900 homes and businesses.
The money will target projects in 25 counties across the state. Among the recipients is a $1.4 million dollar fiber-to-home link by Golden Valley telephone in rural East Grand Forks that will serve 49 residential households…2 businesses…3 community institutions and 26 farms.
DEED will open another $50 million grant round for broadband infrastructure development later this month.

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