AcenTek recently learned that we have been awarded the Border-to-Border Development Grant for rural Canton in Minnesota.
Back in May, we submitted our application for building fiber to southeastern Minnesota’s Filmore County rural areas around the community of Canton. The proposed fiber project will include 275 locations consisting of 212 households, 24 businesses, and 39 farms.
In October, the Minnesota Office of Broadband Development released the list of Round 10 grant recipients. This round of grants consisted of $25 million from DEED’s flagship for Border-to-Border Broadband Program and the remaining $27 million from the Low Population Density Program. We were excited to find that we had been awarded $2,567,200 for rural Canton. This is 40% of the total cost of the project, which is estimated to be over $6 million dollars. When AcenTek is awarded a grant, it not only helps us financially achieve our goal of bringing fiber to every customer, but also it helps with the timeline of doing so. Due to that financial help, we are able to bring fiber to areas faster than we may have been able to if we had to endure the total cost of the project on our own.
We are excited to have won this grant and look forward to building fiber to our customers in Canton. This fiber project will begin next year and will be completed on or before June 30, 2027.
Read more details on on the Round 10 Grant Recipients by visiting the Minnesota Government Employment and Economic Development website by clicking HERE.