With less than two months left to obligate its remaining American Rescue Plan Act coronavirus relief funds, the Kandiyohi County Board at its meeting on Tuesday will receive an update on broadband projects in the county from the Kandiyohi County Broadband Committee.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Nov. 19 in the board chambers of the Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services building in Willmar.
Out of the approximately $8.3 million in ARPA funding the county received, the county board earmarked 75% of it, or about $6.2 million, to broadband expansion. With the Dec. 31 deadline only a few weeks away, the county broadband committee is looking to return $262,528 to the county, hoping the county will consider future broadband funding matching that amount.
Over the last few years, the broadband committee, in partnership with the county and townships, has funded more than 13 projects in Kandiyohi County, bringing high-speed internet to over 2,612 locations that were underserved or unserved prior.
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