Minnesota Awards $11 Million for Broadband Projects

Fifteen Minnesota communities will share $11 million in grants as a part of the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development's Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, said a Friday news release. The department received 44 applications for funding, totaling more than $29 million in requests, and recipients were selected based on an internal review and scoring process, it said. The grants are expected to improve access to high-speed broadband for 3,222 households, 786 businesses and nearly 90 community institutions, it said. The program’s first round of funding awarded $19.4 million to 17 communities in February, said the department.