I realized there wasn’t a good list of Blandin Broadband Communities; communities that have received support from Blandin to increase broadband adoption. Support means funding but it also means help getting a group of community leaders together to create and deploy plans that strategically address broadband adoption, broadband access and digital inclusion. Below is an alphabetical list of communities with links to more info – generally blog posts on their progress:
- Aitkin County
- Benton County
- Carlton County
- Central Woodlands
- Chisago County
- Chisholm
- Cook County
- Ely
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Grizzlies
- Hibbing
- Itasca County
- Itasca County
- Kanabec Broadband Initiative
- Kandiyohi County
- Lac qui Parle Valley Schools
- Lake County
- Lake of the Woods County
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
- Martin County
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
- Mille Lacs County
- Mt. Iron-Buhl
- Nobles County
- Red Wing
- Redwood County
- Resilient Region
- RS Fiber
- Sherburne County
- Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services
- Stevens County
- Thief River Falls
- Upper Minnesota Valley RDC
- Windom
- Winona
- Worthington
You can also check out a matrix of specific broadband adoption projects from the 2013-2014 cohort and 2015-2016 cohort.