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Colorado Broadband Fund

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Sponsor
Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology
Deadlines
Jan 15, 2024
Contact

Brian Martin
brian.martin@state.co.us

Stephen Gould
stephen.gould@state.co.us

For technical assistance:
oit_broadbanddeploymentboard@state.co.us
303.764.7700

Purpose

The Colorado Broadband Office provides grants to deploy broadband service in unserved areas of Colorado.

Award criteria include:

  • Strong connections to larger broadband plans
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Demonstrated benefit to area economic development, education, telehealth, libraries, and public safety
  • Service speeds provided above the minimum of 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream
Eligibility

Eligible applicants are for-profit entities, as well as nonprofit telephone cooperatives or nonprofit rural electric associations that existed on May 10, 2014. Minimum eligibility requirements include:

  • Community lies outside municipal boundaries or has a population of less than 7,500
  • Project is new, not already in progress
  • Funds will be used for infrastructure, not operations

Additional eligibility information

Geographic coverage
Colorado
Amount of funding

Up to 75% of infrastructure project costs.

Application process

A link to the application package is available on the program website.

Completed applications may be submitted by:

Email:
oit_broadbanddeploymentboard@state.co.us

Mail:
The Broadband Fund
Colorado Broadband Office
Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology
601 E. 18th Ave. #130
Denver, CO 80203

Tagged as
Broadband · Community and economic development · Infrastructure · Telehealth · Colorado



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