Almost 30 people attended the session. You can see the slides and video below. It was a quick update. No one had questions about the process. It seems that folks must be in the thick if it with completing applications and/or answering questions about the applications.
Question
Minnesota and the OBD has achieved much in the past 10 years. Is there anything you might request from us to better support your good efforts?
We are looking for letters of support. We are collecting them to share with federal funders and legislators.
From the Chat:
- OBD BEAD webpage: https://mn.gov/deed/programs-services/broadband/bead/
- Current, Restructured BEAD FAQs, 7/16/2025: https://mn.gov/deed/assets/bead-frequently-asked-questions-july-16-2025_tcm1045-695928.pdf
Added 2 hours after original posting:
From a follow up email:
We are following up to let you know an updated FAQs from this session is available on the OBD BEAD webpage, and we will link to that document here: https://mn.gov/deed/assets/bead-frequently-asked-questions-july-22-2025_tcm1045-699208.pdf.



