{"id":1487,"date":"2018-04-13T20:21:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weda.org\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2018-04-13T20:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:21:12","slug":"state-opens-new-round-of-broadband-expansion-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weda.org\/state-opens-new-round-of-broadband-expansion-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"State opens new round of Broadband Expansion Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>State opens new round of Broadband Expansion Grants<\/h1>\n<p>Governor Scott Walker announced yesterday that $7.68 million in Broadband Expansion Grants have been awarded to <a href=\"https:\/\/walker.wi.gov\/press-releases\/governor-walker-announces-768-million-preliminary-broadband-expansion-grants-connect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">46 projects<\/a> that will increase access to advanced broadband in rural communities across Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor also announced the next round of Broadband Expansion Grants are now open. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is now accepting applications for an additional $7 million in grant awards. Applications for the new round of grants must be submitted by July 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadband Expansion Grant Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OVERVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong> The PSC will award approximately $7 million in broadband expansion grants in FY 2019. The application process is now open.<\/li>\n<li><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE:\u00a0<\/strong> Grant applications must be uploaded to the PSC&#8217;s Electronic Regulatory Filing System by July 16, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MORE INFORMATION:\u00a0<\/strong> Please visit the PSC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/psc.wi.gov\/Pages\/Programs\/BroadbandGrants.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadband Expansion Grant website<\/a> for more information, including application instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like more information on the grant program, please contact the WEDA office at <a href=\"mailto:weda@weda.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weda@weda.org<\/a>. You can also contact the PSC\u2019s Dennis Klaila at (608) 267-9780 or by e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:dennis.klaila@wisconsin.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dennis.klaila@wisconsin.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State opens new round of Broadband Expansion Grants Governor Scott [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}