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ReConnect Program FY 2024 Funding Opportunity Announcement Awardees


The ReConnect Program offers unique federal financing options in the form of grants, loans, and combinations thereof to create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural customers across America.

To date, USDA has invested in 65 projects in the fifth round of the ReConnect Program. The investments represent $827.8 million in grant and loan funding for high-speed internet.

Below are the details about the FY 2024 Funding Opportunity Announcement Awardees.

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65

Entities with Active Awards

 

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$827.8 million

Amount Awarded

 

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31

Total States and Territories

Awardees for Each Funding Category

Applicant: Atautchikun, LLC
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 19.75
Funded Service Area Households: 119
Award Amount: $24,920,329

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 318 people, 12 businesses and two educational facilities in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in Alaska. This project will serve Huslia and Hughes Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas and socially vulnerable communities.

Applicant: BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC
Location: Mississippi
Total Square Miles: 54.25
Funded Service Area Households: 120
Award Amount: $5,955,687

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 293 people, eight businesses and 35 farms in Holmes and Attala counties in Mississippi.

Applicant: Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 130.90
Funded Service Area Households: 320
Award Amount: $22,068,400

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 783 people, 14 businesses and 40 farms in Socorro, Torrance and Valencia counties in New Mexico. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Socorro, Torrance and Valencia counties.

Applicant: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Location: Washington
Total Square Miles: 87.56
Funded Service Area Households: 68
Award Amount: $19,179,918

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 165 people, six businesses and 20 farms in Okanogan County in Washington. This project will serve the Colville Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in Okanogan County.

Applicant: Cordova Telecom Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 0.39
Funded Service Area Households: 62
Award Amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 202 people, seven businesses and two educational facilities in Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska. This project will serve Port Graham and Nanwalek Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas.

Applicant: Dell Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total Square Miles: 14.11
Funded Service Area Households: 329
Award Amount: $9,723,150

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 823 people, 180 businesses and one educational facility in Hudspeth County in Texas.

Applicant: E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 3,013.85
Funded Service Area Households: 194
Award Amount: $12,837,821

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 485 people, 164 businesses and 531 farms in Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel and Union counties in New Mexico.

Applicant: Filer Mutual Telephone Company
Location: Nevada
Total Square Miles: 46.08
Funded Service Area Households: 38
Award Amount: $3,666,910

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid-fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 95 people and one farm in Elko County in Nevada.

Applicant: Foothills Rural Telephone CO-OP Corporation Inc.
Location: Kentucky
Total Square Miles: 32.81
Funded Service Area Households: 72
Award Amount: $11,409,200

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and hybrid-fiber-coax network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 196 people, one business and four farms in Martin County in Kentucky.

Applicant: La Jicarita Rural Telephone Cooperative
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 7.61
Funded Service Area Households: 149
Award Amount: $5,101,950

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 313 people, five businesses and two farms in San Miguel County in New Mexico.

Applicant: Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 659.04
Funded Service Area Households: 35
Award Amount: $24,961,892

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 88 people, 40 businesses and 65 farms in Chaves and Lea counties in New Mexico.

Applicant: Osage Nation
Location: Oklahoma
Total Square Miles: 84.72
Funded Service Area Households: 172
Award Amount: $17,554,800

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 430 people, five businesses and 53 farms in Osage County in Oklahoma. This project will serve Osage Reservation.

Applicant: OTZ Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 0.20
Funded Service Area Households: 500
Award Amount: $24,989,930

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit approximately 500 people and one business in the Northwest Arctic Borough in Alaska.

Applicant: Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 171.34
Funded Service Area Households: 247
Award Amount: $23,109,460

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 618 people, 87 businesses, 15 farms and one educational facility in Chaves, Eddy and Otero counties in New Mexico.

Applicant: Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Texas
Total Square Miles: 35.86
Funded Service Area Households: 94
Award Amount: $6,685,455

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises and licensed fixed wireless network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 213 people, seven businesses and ten farms in Gaines, Garza, Lynn and Yoakum counties in Texas.

Applicant: Project Telephone Company
Location: Montana
Total Square Miles: 202.66
Funded Service Area Households: 440
Award Amount: $24,998,534

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,196 people, 26 businesses, 28 farms and five educational facilities in Big Horn, Yellowstone, Carbon and Stillwater counties in Montana. This project will serve Crow Reservation.

Applicant: Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 7.11
Funded Service Area Households: 283
Award Amount: $24,957,845

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,384 people, 19 businesses and one educational facility in Kusilvak Census Area in Alaska. This project will serve Hooper Bay Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Kusilvak Census Area.

Applicant: Standing Rock Telecommunications, Inc.
Location: North Dakota, South Dakota
Total Square Miles: 749.43
Funded Service Area Households: 133
Award Amount: $22,230,053

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 426 people, 16 businesses, 104 farms and three educational facilities in Sioux County, North Dakota and Corson County, South Dakota. This project will serve Standing Rock Reservation and socially vulnerable communities in Sioux and Corson counties.

Applicant: TEC of Jackson, Inc.
Location: Mississippi
Total Square Miles: 93.70
Funded Service Area Households: 251
Award Amount: $8,629,404

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 559 people, nine businesses and 87 farms in Jefferson Davis, Jasper, Scott and Smith counties in Mississippi.

Applicant: TecInfo Communications LLC
Location: Mississippi
Total Square Miles: 168.90
Funded Service Area Households: 239
Award Amount: $20,760,800

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 878 people, 18 businesses, 78 farms and one educational facility in Bolivar, Sunflower, Coahoma and Tallahatchie counties in Mississippi.

Applicant: The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Location: Oregon
Total Square Miles: 142.91
Funded Service Area Households: 213
Award Amount: $11,710,860

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 533 people, 35 businesses, 56 farms and three educational facilities in Lincoln County in Oregon. This project will serve the Siletz Tribe in Lincoln County.

Applicant: The FSM Telecommunications Corporation
Location: Federated States of Micronesia
Total Square Miles: 210.14
Funded Service Area Households: 11,671
Award Amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 11,671 people across the Federated States of Micronesia.

Applicant: Unicom, Incorporated
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 0.68
Funded Service Area Households: 129
Award Amount: $25,000,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 629 people, 17 businesses and one educational facility in Kusilvak Census Area in Alaska. This project will serve Kotlik Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and socially vulnerable communities in Kusilvak Census Area.

Applicant: Warm Springs Telecommunications Company
Location: Oregon
Total Square Miles: 10.11
Funded Service Area Households: 171
Award Amount: $17,049,661

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 428 people and two farms in Wasco and Jefferson counties in Oregon. This project will serve Warm Springs Reservation.

Applicant: All West Communications Inc.
Location: Wyoming
Total Square Miles: 6.33
Funded Service Area Households: 165
Award Amount: $3,634,609

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 414 people, 12 businesses and one farm in Lincoln and Uinta counties in Wyoming. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Uinta County.

Applicant: Ardmore Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Kentucky
Total Square Miles: 31.69
Funded Service Area Households: 592
Award Amount: $5,358,901

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,503 people, 23 businesses and 58 farms in Calloway County in Kentucky.

Applicant: Big Bend Telecom, LTD
Location: Texas
Total Square Miles: 247.19
Funded Service Area Households: 775
Award Amount: $4,713,190

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a licensed fixed wireless network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,355 people, 47 businesses, 42 farms and two educational facilities in Kinney and Val Verde counties in Texas. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Kinney and Val Verde counties.

Applicant: Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Oregon
Total Square Miles: 36.00
Funded Service Area Households: 342
Award Amount: $6,214,954

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 730 people, nine businesses and eight farms in Coos and Curry counties in Oregon. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Coos County.

Applicant: Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 1.36
Funded Service Area Households: 56
Award Amount: $16,588,260

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 140 people in Chugach Census Area in Alaska. This project will serve Tatitlek Alaska Native Village Statistical Area.

Applicant: Emery Telephone
Location: Colorado, Utah
Total Square Miles: 52.58
Funded Service Area Households: 25
Award Amount: $6,192,450

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 56 people and five farms in San Juan and Grand counties in Utah and Dolores County in Colorado.

Applicant: Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
Location: Missouri
Total Square Miles: 77.69
Funded Service Area Households: 181
Award Amount: $11,145,525

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 450 people, three businesses and 139 farms in Daviess, Gentry and Harrison counties in Missouri.

Applicant: Hardy Telecommunications, Inc.
Location: West Virginia
Total Square Miles: 15.83
Funded Service Area Households: 458
Award Amount: $5,523,659

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,428 people, 56 businesses and 21 farms in Hampshire and Hardy counties in West Virginia. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Hampshire County.

Applicant: Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc.
Location: Alaska
Total Square Miles: 44.49
Funded Service Area Households: 74
Award Amount: $16,956,357

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 198 people and 17 businesses in Denali and Matanuska-Susitna boroughs in Alaska. This project will serve Cantwell Alaska Native Village Statistical Area and Knik Alaska Native Village Statistical Area.

Applicant:  Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total Square Miles: 14.54
Funded Service Area Households: 97
Award Amount: $1,435,170

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 210 people, six businesses and 10 farms in Butler, Lowndes and Montgomery counties in Alabama. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Lowndes County.

Applicant: Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: Montana
Total Square Miles: 586.86
Funded Service Area Households: 359
Award Amount: $15,311,266

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 866 people, 32 businesses and 111 farms in Sheridan and Valley counties in Montana.

Applicant: Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Location: Missouri
Total Square Miles: 75.08
Funded Service Area Households: 245
Award Amount: $5,467,636

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 571 people, 25 businesses, 132 farms and three educational facilities in Schuyler County in Missouri.

Applicant: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative
Location: Oregon
Total Square Miles: 13.44
Funded Service Area Households: 28
Award Amount: $4,419,306

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 75 people, 12 businesses and eight farms in Lane County in Oregon.

Applicant: Pembroke Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Georgia
Total Square Miles: 40.04
Funded Service Area Households: 409
Award Amount: $5,533,275

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,126 people, 10 businesses, 46 farms and three educational facilities in Tattnall County in Georgia. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Tattnall County.

Applicant: Premier Holdings, LLC
Location: Texas
Total Square Miles: 3.37
Funded Service Area Households: 1,567
Award Amount: $10,362,423

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,830 people, 69 businesses, five farms and five educational facilities in Falls County in Texas. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Falls County.

Applicant: Red River Rural Telephone Association
Location: Minnesota
Total Square Miles: 82.30
Funded Service Area Households: 163
Award Amount: $5,166,742

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 482 people, 17 businesses, 55 farms and one educational facility in Clay County in Minnesota.

Applicant: Sierra Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: California
Total Square Miles: 6.20
Funded Service Area Households: 146
Award Amount: $11,685,645

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 335 people, three businesses and four farms in Madera County in California.

Applicant: South Central Communications, Inc.
Location: Utah
Total Square Miles: 108.89
Funded Service Area Households: 275
Award Amount: $3,789,112

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 646 people, 21 businesses, five farms and two educational facilities in Kane County in Utah.

Applicant: Star Telephone Membership Corporation
Location: North Carolina
Total Square Miles: 37.65
Funded Service Area Households: 734
Award Amount: $6,410,158

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,728 people, 22 businesses and 29 farms in Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Johnston and Sampson counties in North Carolina. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bladen, Columbus, Johnston and Sampson counties.

Applicant: United Communications, Inc.
Location: Tennessee
Total Square Miles: 5.17
Funded Service Area Households: 141
Award Amount: $2,188,893

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 374 people, two businesses and 15 farms in Wilson County in Tennessee.

Applicant: Upsala Co-operative Telephone Association
Location: Minnesota
Total Square Miles: 36.43
Funded Service Area Households: 290
Award Amount: $3,447,069

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 806 people, 10 businesses and 57 farms in Morrison County in Minnesota.

Applicant: Clear Creek Mutual Telephone Company
Location: Oregon
Total Square Miles: 2.08
Funded Service Area Households: 32
Award Amount: $2,819,536

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 102 people, three businesses and five farms in Clackamas County in Oregon.

Applicant: Imagine Networks, LLC
Location: Ohio
Total Square Miles: 116.99
Funded Service Area Households: 1,622
Award Amount: $12,553,735

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,159 people, 85 businesses, 275 farms and three educational facilities in Champaign, Clark, Miami and Shelby counties in Ohio.

Applicant: Inland Telephone Company
Location: Washington
Total Square Miles: 172.59
Funded Service Area Households: 524
Award Amount: $5,559,745

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,372 people, 13 businesses and 115 farms in Columbia, Kitsap, Kittitas, Mason and Walla Walla counties in Washington. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Walla Walla County.

Applicant: Lincoln County Telephone System, Inc.
Location: Nevada
Total Square Miles: 111.74
Funded Service Area Households: 241
Award Amount: $22,997,014

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 660 people, six businesses and two farms in Lincoln County in Nevada.

Applicant: Mountain View Telephone Company
Location: Arkansas
Total Square Miles: 142.29
Funded Service Area Households: 1,158
Award Amount: $25,280,740

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,630 people, 46 businesses, 124 farms and six educational facilities in Izard and Stone counties in Arkansas.

Applicant: Pembroke Telephone Cooperative
Location: Virginia
Total Square Miles: 129.09
Funded Service Area Households: 870
Award Amount: $10,063,100

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,127 people, 22 businesses and 130 farms in Craig, Giles and Montgomery counties in Virginia.

Applicant: Ragland Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Alabama
Total Square Miles: 79.46
Funded Service Area Households: 1,474
Award Amount: $7,285,826

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,665 people, 37 businesses, 61 farms and four educational facilities in St. Clair County in Alabama.

Applicant: Roosevelt County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Location: New Mexico
Total Square Miles: 1,244.29
Funded Service Area Households: 115
Award Amount: $29,077,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 323 people, 12 businesses and 261 farms in Chaves, De Baca, Lea and Roosevelt counties in New Mexico. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Roosevelt and De Baca counties.

Applicant: Totah Communications, Inc.
Location: Kansas
Total Square Miles: 19.63
Funded Service Area Households: 160
Award Amount: $4,104,924

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 372 people, four businesses and 31 farms in Montgomery County in Kansas.

Applicant: Barry County Services Company
Location: Michigan
Total Square Miles: 13.33
Funded Service Area Households: 259
Award Amount: $5,076,932

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 685 people, three businesses and 23 farms in Barry County in Michigan.

Applicant: Beehive Telephone Company, Inc.
Location: Utah
Total Square Miles: 3.30
Funded Service Area Households: 15
Award Amount: $1,698,006

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit an estimated 38 people in Tooele and Juab counties in Utah.

Applicant: Bloomer Telephone Company
Location: Alabama
Total Square Miles: 51.69
Funded Service Area Households: 517
Award Amount: $9,229,418

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,278 people, 32 businesses and 73 farms in Chippewa and Dunn counties in Wisconsin.

Applicant: Cleveland County Telephone Co.
Location: Arkansas
Total Square Miles: 253.26
Funded Service Area Households: 1,629
Award Amount: $35,701,464

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 3,974 people, 56 businesses, 88 farms and six educational facilities in Cleveland, Bradley, Drew, Grant, Jefferson and Lincoln counties in Arkansas. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Bradley, Cleveland and Jefferson counties.

Applicant: Consolidated Telephone Company
Location: Minnesota
Total Square Miles: 79.19
Funded Service Area Households: 1,089
Award Amount: $11,021,866

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 2,831 people, 67 businesses and 78 farms in Crow Wing and Morrison counties in Minnesota.

Applicant: FIF Utah LLC
Location: Utah
Total Square Miles: 110.17
Funded Service Area Households: 1,402
Award Amount: $22,968,152

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 4,395 people, 84 businesses, 114 farms and one educational facility in Box Elder, Cache, Summit, Utah and Wasatch counties in Utah.

Applicant: InterBel Telephone Cooperative, inc.
Location: Montana
Total Square Miles: 8.58
Funded Service Area Households: 47
Award Amount: $4,650,250

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 93 people, five businesses and two farms in Flathead County, Montana.

Applicant: Midvale Telephone Company
Location: Idaho
Total Square Miles: 2.94
Funded Service Area Households: 109
Award Amount: $10,256,776

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 273 people in Valley County in Idaho.

Applicant: Nicholas County Commission
Location: West Virginia
Total Square Miles: 205.69
Funded Service Area Households: 2,593
Award Amount: $24,870,000

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 6,110 people, 129 businesses, 118 farms and eight educational facilities in Nicholas County in West Virginia.

Applicant: Southwest Michigan Communications, Inc.
Location: Michigan
Total Square Miles: 13.24
Funded Service Area Households: 677
Award Amount: $7,451,760

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,895 people, 29 businesses and 22 farms in Barry County in Michigan.

Applicant: Waldron Communication Co.
Location: Michigan
Total Square Miles: 15.80
Funded Service Area Households: 256
Award Amount: $6,092,642

This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 599 people, 18 businesses and 32 farms in Hillsdale and Lenawee counties in Michigan.