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The project envisions a fiber-opticv broadband backbone that will connect every clusteer of 50 ormore dwellings, as well as “anchor institutions” such as schools and hospitals, with high-spee broadband Internet access. Organizations and businesses intereste in partnering with the state on the competitivse broadband grant application have until2 p.m. July 13 to submi a notice of interest. State official s will screen business applicants based on federaoeligibility requirements, technical expertise, experience, network desigj and business plans. Gov.
Jay Nixon’s officer said Tuesday that the public-private partnershipsa “will help guarantee that the market barriers whic h have previously stalled delivery of broadbandf access to many portions of rural Missourj will no longerimpede progress.” “If we can land thesre grants, they would allow us not only to connect Missourians from all parts of the state to but also to create hundreds of immediate new jobs in the publid and private sectors on a statewide infrastructure project,” Nixo said in a statement. Portions of the projecft will be completed within two yeards of thegrant award, and the goal is for statewidw implementation within five years.
Interestedd businesses or individuals may applyvia e-mail at transform.broadbandinterested@mo.gov.