How will Nevada County Connected be funded?
During the summer of 2009, proposals for a 80-100% “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” (ARRA) grant from the “National Telecommunications and Information Administration” (NTIA), and a 10% matching “California Advanced Services Fund” (CASF) grant from the California Public Utilities Commission (CA PUC) were submitted to fund the project. As of late October 2009, the Nevada County Connected project is in middle of the grant application process. Governor Schwarzenegger, under advisement of the State CIO’s office, has recommended that our project go to “step 2″ as one of the top 30 projects out of over one hundred infrastructure proposals submitted from California in round one. The California Public Utilities Commission has drafted a resolution recommending that our 10% matching CASF grant be approved by the Commissioners at their November meeting. So far, we have jumped over some major hurdles, but have yet to be approved for Federal funding. If approved for Federal funding in late N
