[1st-mile-nm] RUS Grants Announcement

[Richard Lowenberg]

RUS Announces New Funding For Broadband (not stimulus related)

On Monday April 20 the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is expected to announce in
the Federal Register that the Community Connect Grant Program application
window for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 will open for a 60-day period ending June 19,
2009 (see link below). This program is separate from the ARRA broadband
stimulus program and is governed by pre-existing RUS rules.

Grant authority can be used for the deployment of broadband transmission service
to extremely rural, lower-income communities on a ?community-oriented
connectivity? basis. The amount of funding is limited -- RUS is expected to
announce that $13,406,000 is available for grants, with a minimum grant amount
of $50,000 and a maximum grant amount of $1,000,000 for FY 2009.

Note that applicants must demonstrate a matching contribution, in cash or in
kind (new, non-depreciated items), of at least fifteen (15) percent of the
total amount of financial assistance requested.

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/public-inspection/index.html


-- 
Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
P.O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110;   505-603-5200 cell
rl at 1st-mile.com  www.1st-mile.com

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