Tennessee Announces $163 Million in Funding to Further Expand Broadband

Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) and Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) Commissioner Stuart McWhorter announced that Tennessee will award $162.7 million in broadband and digital opportunity grants. In total, these investments will provide broadband access and digital opportunity programs to more than 236,000 Tennesseans across 92 counties. With this announcement, TNECD has invested more than $715 million to expand the state’s broadband infrastructure, connecting more than 689,000 Tennesseans across 275,000 residential and business locations. A total of $97.2 million is being funded by the Last Mile and Middle Mile infrastructure programs, and $65.5 million will be invested in digital opportunity programs. These initiatives are part of a broader strategy to ensure that all residents have access to high-speed internet by 2028, and have opportunities to develop digital skills, access high-quality tech jobs, connect to broadband enabled devices and access online learning and telehealth resources. 

Last Mile

1. Spectrum Southeast
   $431,902.30 – Serving parts of Polk County
2. Spectrum Southeast
   $3,711,409.51 – Serving parts of Polk County
3. ETC Communications
   $2,001,745.20 – Serving parts of Polk County
4. Spectrum Southeast
   $892,549.89 – Serving parts of Hardin County
5. Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative
   $1,276,470.54 – Serving parts of Hardin County
6. Brightspeed
   $6,842,456.76 – Serving parts of Hardin County
7. Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative
   $1,861,920.08 – Serving parts of Wayne County
8. Spectrum Southeast
   $6,666,666.00 – Serving parts of Wayne County
9. Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative
   $425,423.69 – Serving parts of Wayne County

Middle Mile

1. Aeneas Communications
   $7,189,296.66 – Serving parts of Fayette, Tipton, Lauderdale, Haywood, Madison, Chester
   and Hardeman Counties
2. Ben Lomand Communications
   $14,683,374.00 – Serving parts of Franklin and Moore Counties
3. Dickson Electric Department
   $1,364,758.72 – Serving parts of Dickson, Cheatham, Houston, Hickman and
   Montgomery County
4. Gibson Connect
   $7,097,544.00 – Serving parts of Gibson and Madison Counties
5. BrightRidge
   $6,681,348.54 – Serving parts of Washington and Greene Counties
6. Loretto Telephone Company
   $1,580,796.00 – Serving parts of Lawrence County
7. Newport Utilities
   $15,192,642.36 – Serving parts of Cocke County
8. Spectrum Southeast
   $291,729.98 – Serving parts of Blount County
9. Spectrum Southeast
   $205,703.24 – Serving parts of Jefferson County
10. Spectrum Southeast
    $191,788.42- Serving parts of Maury County
11. Spectrum Southeast
    $163,179.11 – Serving parts of Monroe County
12. Spectrum Southeast
    $135,850.12 – Serving parts of Montgomery County
13. The Board of Public Utilities of the City of Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
    $2,646,000.00 – Serving parts of Lincoln, Giles and Marshall Counties
14. Twin Lakes Communications
    $1,055,316.50 – Serving parts of Putnam County
15. United Communications
    $1,780,226.31 – Serving parts of Rutherford and Williamson Counties
16. United Communications
    $3,150,106.56 – Serving parts of Franklin, Moore and Bedford Counties
17. United Communications
    $3,058,513.28 – Serving parts of Bedford, Rutherford and Marshall Counties
18. West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc.
    $6,610,468.00 – Serving parts of Henry and Weakley Counties

Connected Community Facilities

1. Carroll County Government
   $1,800,000.00 – Serving Carroll County
2. City of Bolivar
   $589,712.14 – Serving Hardeman County
3. City of Brownsville
   $1,980,000.00 – Serving Haywood County
4. City of Jackson
   $405,433.80 – Serving Madison County
5. Clay County
   $1,712,835.00 – Serving Clay County
6. Davidson County
   $1,978,484.36 – Serving Davidson County
7. Hamilton County
   $1,421,028.00 – Serving Hamilton County
8. Hartsville/Trousdale County
   $2,000,000.44 – Serving Trousdale County
9. Houston County
   $2,000,000.00 – Serving Houston County
10. Jackson County
    $311,850.00 – Serving Jackson County
11. Johnson County
    $2,000,000.00 – Serving Johnson County
12. Lewis County
    $1,596,114.00 – Serving Lewis County
13. Maury County
    $2,000,000.00 – Serving Maury County
14. Montgomery County
    $216,531.00 – Serving Montgomery County
15. The City of Dyersburg
    $1,798,065.00 – Serving Dyer County
16. United Way of West Tennessee
    $1,755,817.70 – Serving parts of Haywood, Fayette and Tipton Counties
17. Warren County
    $675,000.00 – Serving Warren County
18. Wayne County
    $2,000,000.00 – Serving parts of Wayne, Lawerence, Lewis, Hardin and Perry Counties
19. Williamson County
    $312,454.21 – Serving Williamson County

Broadband Ready Communities

1. Anderson County
   $100,000.00
2. Benton County
   $100,000.00
3. Blount County
   $100,000.00
4. Carroll County
   $99,878.00
5. Carter County
   $30,664.00
6. Chester County
   $100,000.00
7. City of Jellico
   $100,000.00
8. Clay County
   $56,990.00
9. Hancock County
   $99,889.55
10. Stewart County
    $100,000.00
11. Crockett County
    $99,900.00
12. Cumberland County
    $98,863.03
13. Decatur County
    $100,000.00
14. Dickson County
    $100,000.00
15. Dyer County
    $99,985.00
16. Fayette County
    $100,000.00
17. Fentress County
    $81,848.08
18. Gibson County
    $99,900.00
19. Grainger County
    $100,000.00
20. Greene County
    $99,592.00
21. Hamblen County
    $100,000.00
22. Hardeman County
    $100,000.00
23. Hardin County
    $99,017.07
24. Hartsville/Trousdale County
    $100,000.00
25. Haywood County
    $100,000.00
26. Henderson County
    $99,999.41
27. Henry County
    $99,900.00
28. Houston County
    $100,000.00
29. Humphreys County
    $100,000.00
30. Jackson County
    $74,616.06
31. Johnson County
    $100,000.00
32. Knox County
    $100,000.00
33. Lake County
    $99,600.00
34. Lauderdale County
    $100,000.00
35. Lewis County
    $100,000.00
36. Lincoln County
    $100,000.00
37. Macon County
    $58,604.47
38. Madison County
    $100,000.00
39. Marshall County
    $100,000.00
40. Maury County
    $100,000.00
41. McNairy County
    $98,016.10
42. Monroe County
    $100,000.00
43. Montgomery County
    $100,000.00
44. Morgan County
    $100,000.00
45. Overton County
    $93,564.62
46. Pickett County
    $52,573.55
47. Putnam County
    $98,379.00
48. Robertson County
    $100,000.00
49. Rutherford County
    $100,000.00
50. Scott County
    $100,000.00
51. Shelby County
    $100,000.00
52. Smith County
    $94,500.00
53. Sumner County
    $100,000.00
54. Tipton County
    $100,000.00
55. Unicoi County
    $98,805.10
56. Union County
    $100,000.00
57. Van Buren County
    $25,937.79
58. Warren County
    $96,208.00
59. Washington County
    $100,000.00
60. Wayne County
    $100,000.00
61. Weakley County
    $99,900.00
62. White County
    $76,961.80
63. Williamson County
    $100,000.00
64. Wilson County
    $100,000.00

Digital Skills, Education and Workforce

1. AngelStreet
   $232,278.00 – Serving parts of Shelby County
2. ArtsBuild
   $185,871.00 – Serving parts of Hamilton County
3. Bristol Public Library
   $93,989.00 – Serving parts of Sullivan County
4. Bledsoe County Board of Education
   $61,649.00 – Serving parts of Bledsoe County
5. CodeCrew
   $900,000.00 – Serving parts of Shelby County
6. Cloudwise Academy LLC
   $346,681.00 – Serving parts of Washington, Carter, Greene, Sullivan and Unicoi Counties
7. COMP-U-DOPT, INC.
   $725,694.00 – Serving parts of Gibson, Obion, Lake, Henry, Dyer, Weakly, Carroll and
   Crocket Counties
8. Darrell S. Freeman Sr. Incubation and Innovation Center – Fisk University
   $648,000.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County
9. Delta Human Resource Agency
   $232,959.00 – Serving parts of Tipton, Fayette and Lauderdale Counties
10. Dynamo Studios
    $997,931.00 – Serving parts of Hamilton County
11. Elizabethton Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    $11,781.00 – Serving parts of Carter County
12. Fisk University
    $663,300.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County
13. First Baptist Cares
    $122,770.00 – Serving parts of Shelby and Madison Counties
14. FUTURO, Inc.
    $225,000.00 – Serving parts of Davidson, Rutherford, Wilson and Putnam Counties
15. gener8tor Management, LLC
    $899,999.00 – Serving parts of McMinn, Rhea, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Marion, Grundy,
    Polk, Meigs, Bradley and Hamilton Counties
16. Greene County Trustee
    $1,000,000.00 – Serving parts of Greene County
17. Greater Nashville Regional Council
    $404,893.00 – Serving parts of Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys,
    Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson
    Counties
18. Nashville Business Incubation Center
    $900,000.00 – Serving parts of Davidson and Nashville-Davidson County MSA Counties
19. Helping Hands of Middle & West Tennessee
    $808,539.00 – Serving parts of Madison, Haywood and Hardeman Counties
20. Jackson State Community College
    $890,894.00 – Serving parts of Madison, Gibson, Decatur, Henderson, Hardeman, Hardin,
    Chester, Carroll, McNairy and Benton Counties
21. Kaifa LLC
    $320,456.00 – Serving parts of Washington County
22. Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee
    $500,000.00 – Serving parts of Knox County
23. Lane College
    $891,634.00 – Serving parts of Madison, Davidson, Fayette and Tipton Counties
24. La Paz Chattanooga
    $723,322.00 – Serving parts of Hamilton County
25. Latino Memphis
    $854,355.00 – Serving parts of Shelby County
26. Maryville College
    $776,814.00 – Serving parts of Blount County
27. Memphis Library Foundation
    $300,510.00 – Serving parts of Shelby County
28. Memphis Urban League
    $860,494.00 – Serving parts of Shelby, Fayette, Madison and Haywood Counties
29. Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
    $900,000.00 – Serving parts of Davidson Counties
30. Mid Cumberland Human Resource Agency
    $66,361.00 – Serving parts of Dickson County
31. Morecomputing Learning Services, Inc.
    $374,969.00 – Serving parts of Davidson, Rutherford and Montgomery Counties
32. Nashville International Center for Empowerment
    $441,061.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County
33. Nashville Public Education Foundation
    $999,814.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County
34. Northeast State Community College
    $980,591.00 – Serving parts of Sullivan, Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson,
    Unicoi and Washington Counties
35. Pivot Technology School
    $872,910.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County
36. ROANEnet
    $254,079.00 – Serving parts of Roane and Rhea Counties
37. Shora Foundation
    $204,385.00– Serving parts of Knox County
38. Soulsville Foundation
    $962,000.00 – Serving parts of Shelby County
39. South Memphis Renewal Com. Dev. Corp.
    $865,484.00 – Serving parts of Haywood, Hardeman, Gibson, Fayette, Shelby and Tipton
    Counties
40. Southeast Tennessee Development District
    $198,000.00 – Serving parts of Hamilton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Marion, McMinn,
    Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties
41. Southwest Human Resource Agency
    $895,116.00 – Serving parts of Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood,
    Henderson, Madison and McNairy Counties
42. TECH901
    $813,384.00 – Serving parts of Shelby, Fayette and Tipton Counties
43. The Enterprise Center
    $1,979,965.00 – Serving parts of Hamilton, Bradley, Polk, McMinn, Marion, Sequatchie,
    Bledsoe, Rhea, Meigs and Grundy Counties
44. The Village at Glencliff
    $272,897.00 – Serving parts of Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Sumner, Wilson,
    Maury, Robertson, Dickson Cheatham, Hickman, Macon, Smith, Cannon and Trousdale
    Counties
45. United Way of West Tennessee
    $58,613.00 – Serving parts of Madison County
46. University of Tennessee
    $512,916.00 – Serving parts of Knox, Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cocke,
    Cumberland, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe,
    Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union Counties
47. University of Tennessee at Martin
    $343,640.00 – Serving parts of Lauderdale Dyer and Tipton Counties
48. Urban Housing Solutions
    $407,206.00 – Serving parts of Davidson County

TCAT Broadband Workforce

1. Tennessee College of Applied Technology Harriman
   $994,349.50
2. Tennessee College of Applied Technology Henry/Carroll
   $1,000,000.00
3. Tennessee College of Applied Technology Hohenwald
   $1,000,000.00
4. Tennessee College of Applied Technology Livingston
   $1,000,000.00
5. Tennessee College of Applied Technology Murfreesboro
   $1,000,000.00