The Isanti-Chisago Star reports on city-wide broadband in North Branch. It’s been a long time coming but they have it. They found a provider that would help make a plan… [City Administrator Renae] Fry, who has been spearheading the push … Continue reading
MN DEED announced the recipients of Border to Border grants. You can get the full list of recipients, by county, below. But from the higher level here are some important things mentioned: Almost $100 million in funding (previous total awards … Continue reading
October was a big month because the annual broadband conference and release of the 87 MN Broadband County Profiles; subsequently we are reformatting eNews to capture those big events. We’ll be back to usual format next month! 2021 MN Broadband … Continue reading
I was working on something completely different – when I had to find broadband adoption rates in Minnesota. The best I could find was access in the Census. The good news is that the numbers appear to be pretty recent … Continue reading
Earlier today I posted about the announcement of the Border to Border grants – the press conference and the list of recipients. I’m trying to offer bite-sized information that folks can use to process the awards. Now I’m posting more … Continue reading
I wrote about the big announcement from DEED’s Telecommuter Forward Program last week, but it’s always fun to see local communities get local recognition for their efforts. Isanti-Chisago County Star report… For a long time now, one of the biggest pet … Continue reading
The use of CARES funding for broadband development is a very hot topic right now. Cities, counties, townships and school districts are all increasingly recognizing broadband access and digital equity concerns magnified by COVID-19. The short timelines and vague guidelines … Continue reading
Literacy Minnesota recent release a statewide report on digital equity needs (by county). The report looks at three questions: What counties have high digital access, economic, education and English language learning needs? How have organizations adapted to the pandemic and … Continue reading
The new MN County broadband maps are now up on the Office of Broadband Development websites- showing percentage of each county with (and without) broadband access. Earlier I looked at how counties ranked for access to 25/3 (the 2022 MN … Continue reading
Thanks to the presenters and attendees for joining the inaugural Blandin Broadband Leadership Webinar. Here we have the video archive, slides when available and chat transcript… And chat
Last month, Go Daddy released Venture Forward, a report on the impact of local ventures on a community and impact of community on local ventures. I wrote about it earlier – and decided that it made sense to write two … Continue reading
Each year we take a look at Minnesota county rankings and create profiles to help understand which communities are having success and what aspects of that success might help set policy or be replicable in other communities. The Office of … Continue reading
I am doing the annual look at broadband in each county – based on maps from the Office of Broadband Development and news gathered from the last year. Isanti County has slipped from 43 to 45. But they have seen … Continue reading
The new MN County broadband maps are now up on the Office of Broadband Development websites- showing percentage of each county with (and without) broadband access. Earlier I looked at how counties ranked for access to 25/3 (the 2022 MN … Continue reading
The MN Broadband Coalition is asking folks to take a broadband speed test – from home, from work, from wherever you are. Why? Because those tests will be used to create a map based on what customers report from the … Continue reading
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