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A COUNTY COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE
130 West Innes Street - Salisbury, NC 28144
TELEPHONE: 704-216-8180 * FAX: 704-216-8195
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| | | | | | | | MEMO TO COMMISSIONERS:
FROM:
| Randy J. Cress, Assistant County Manager / CIO | DATE:
| March 25, 2022 | SUBJECT:
| Consider Requests for (GREAT Grant) Broadband Expansion Funding Support |
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| | | | | | | | There is a unique opportunity for Rowan County to work approve ARPA funding expenditures to support expansion of fiber to the home broadband in our two identified target areas in need of broadband improvements in partnership with Internet Services Providers looking to submit for North Carolina GREAT Grant funding. The GREAT Grant consists of ARPA funds that are allocated from the State, County, and private sector ISP cooperation.
Up to three additional Internet Service Providers including Conterra Networks, OpenBroadband and Charter Spectrum will present the grant opportunity and and brief overview of their proposal for the Board of Commissioner's consideration.
Consider adopting the resolution as presented that will conditionally allocate up to $1,987,137 of County ARPA funds to be designated toward the GREAT Grant applicants if awarded by the NCDIT State Broadband Infrastructure Office (SBIO).
Note, while there can be multiple submissions, the SBIO will evaluate and score all submissions from Internet Service Providers and Rowan County will only contribute ARPA funding to the maximum of $1,987,137 to the awarded ISP.
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