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2024                                         GRANTS &  FINANCING

                                                            We were awarded $2,847,276 through the Community Connect
                                                            Grant program. This is in addition to the USDA ReConnect grant of
                                                            $17,474,000, which we received in 2023.

              ANNUAL                                        The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) approved an
                                                            additional $4M in construction grants and $21M as a match for our
                                                            Broadband Equity and Deployment Grant Application coming later
             REPORT                                         this year. This brings our foundational support to over $73 million for
                                                            the Northeast Kingdom Region and over $20 million in Central
                                                            Vermont.


              As of August 16, 2024 NEK Broadband and CVFiber   BUILDING  CAPACITY
              merged under 30 V.S.A. 3052a forming one      We have doubled the size of staff, with a full-time staff of 13.
              Communications Union District (CUD) dba NEKCV.
              NEK Broadband and CVFiber will continue to use   We have active warehouses in Danville, Montpelier and Brighton for
              their brands within their respective territories.  the storage of construction materials.

              The district now includes 71 member communities in   In May we completed our first workforce development program, with
              Caledonia, Essex, Orleans, Lamoille, Washington and   7 NEK residents receiving training to become Broadband
              Orange Counties.                              Technicians/Installers.
              50 of our towns currently have public fiber-optic
              infrastructure, and 57 towns have started pre-  BUDGET  SUMMARY
              construction licensing work.
              Broadband Nutrition Labels - In compliance with the
              Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
              requirement that Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
              display standardized broadband information labels,
              you will find these listed under the service offerings
              on NEK Broadband and CVFiber websites.
              CONSTRUCTION  AND  SERVICE
                   PROJECTED GROWTH BY YEAR













              8200                  681

              SERVICE AVAILABLE     MILES OF NETWORK
              WE NOW OFFER SERVICE TO   AT THE END OF 2024, WE
              8200 ADDRESSES IN THE   NOW HAVE 681 MILES OF
              NEKCV.                FIBER NETWORK
                                    THROUGHOUT THE NEKCV.
              1199                                         SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
              CUSTOMERS SERVED                              To order our service, get updates, or sign up for our
              NEKCV MORE THAN                               newsletter, fill out the form at
              DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF                         get.nekbroadband.org. or cvfiber.net
              CUSTOMERS SERVED in 2024










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