The Minnesota Office of Broadband Development has unveiled the latest (Round 10) MN broadband awards. They have announced the Border to Border and Low Population Density awards. Because it’s a lot of information, I am going to do two separate reports – here is the MN Broadband Grant Round 10 Lower Population Density Awards. (Get the detailed list of Round 10 Grantees.)
There are 8 awards for $26,999,984 in grants to serve 2,104 new passings.
| Applicant | Project | Grant Award Amount |
| Bevcomm Inc | Bevcomm Inc-Tyrone Township | $1,101,801 |
| Bevcomm Inc | Bevcomm Inc-Waseca County Ph 2 | $1,186,050 |
| Federated Rural Electric Association | Federated REA-Martin County | $8,008,419 |
| Garden Valley Telephone Company | Garden Valley Tel Co-Mahnomen Cty | $4,626,012 |
| Otter Tail Telcom | Otter Tail Telcom-West Fergus Falls | $3,700,198 |
| Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative | Paul Bunyan Tel Coop-NW St. Louis Cty GigaZone | $3,924,157 |
| Runestone Telecom Association | Runestone Telecom Assn-Crow Lake | $1,538,614 |
| Woodstock Telephone Company | Woodstock Tel Co-Skandia | $2,914,733 |
| 8 | Totals | $26,999,984 |
More info on the grants:
| Grant Round 10 Lower Population Density Grant Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of applications | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total amount originally applied for | $78.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount awarded | $27M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of projects awarded
Breakdown by region:
*Project proposes to serve Tribal area with support and binding agreement with the Tribe |
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| Local/private match | $9.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total number of locations served | 2,104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unserved locations | 1,856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Underserved locations | 248 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Households to be served | 1,497 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Businesses to be served | 223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Farms to be served | 367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Community anchor institutions to be served | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Challenges submitted | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of challengers | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of projects challenged | 8
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| Number of challenges resulting in partial or non-funding | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||