NLC Eyes Broadband Infrastructure Dollars
The National League of Cities has been meeting with the Commerce Department and Economic Development Administration to ensure small and rural communities have access to grant dollars available for broadband under the recently enacted infrastructure bill, NLC Executive Director Clarence…
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Anthony said at an NLC City Summit virtual news-media briefing Wednesday. “Most of that funding is going to be routed through state governments,” but local governments can compete for some grants, plus some state funding “is intended to be passed directly to localities,” said Director-Federal Advocacy Irma Esparza Diggs: Cities also will pay attention to digital equity programs.