Parke and surrounding counties impacted by broadband grants

Friday, July 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM

By Johnny McCrory @jmcillini

Lt. Gov. Crouch, OCRA award more than $3.3M to expand broadband access.

Parke, Vermillion, Vigo and Clay counties will be sites for broadband projects as the Indiana Connectivity Program announced the tenth round of awards.

This round of the program awarded $3,327,496 to expand broadband to 708 addresses across 38 counties. Of these addresses, 688 are homes and 20 are businesses. Internet providers carrying out the projects matched $13,706,591 for a total investment of $17,034,087.

To find the number of addresses funded by each provider, click here. To find the number of addresses funded in each county, click here.

For the map of the funded locations for ICP Round 10, click here.

Provider	Addresses	Grant Amount
Airwave Networks, LLC	13	$60,900
Auburn Essential Services	5	$23,666
Central Indiana Communications	16	$69,862
Jackson County REMC	1	$4,800
Johnson County REMC	3	$14,400
Joink Inc.	36	$143,152
Mulberry Telecommunications	34	$163,200
PSC Fiber	36	$141,136
SEI Communications	15	$72,000
South Central Indiana REMC	1	$3,980
Surf Internet	548	$2,630,400
Total Awarded	708	$3,327,496