Charlevoix looks at fiber optic grant

Improving broadband and high-speed Internet in rural Michigan has been an ongoing issue, but Charlevoix is taking advantage of the grant funding available to build on the network infrastructure in our area.

 

Excerpt: Charlevoix city leaders on Monday unanimously agreed to apply for a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for up to $100,000 to fund a new fiber optic loop through the Ance Industrial Park.

 

Several years ago a $33 million federal grant came to Michigan to pay for a more than 1,000 mile fiber optic line run throughout the state, providing a high speed Internet backbone so that later, last-link bandwidth providers would have the infrastructure already available. 

 

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