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Join Us Live on Thursday at 5pm ET for Connect This! Episode 10 - How Communities Can Prepare for Broadband Funding in the American Rescue Plan
Join us for Episode 10 of Connect This!, where hosts Christopher Mitchell and Travis Carter (USI Fiber) will be joined by Joanne Hovis (President, CTC Energy and Technology) and Doug Dawson (President, CCG Consulting) to talk about how communities can prepare for the unprecedented money poised to flow from the federal government for Internet infrastructure.
The panel will dig into what to consider when putting together a plan, how to use the funds effectively, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of by bad actors.
The show will begin on Thursday, April 29th at 5pm ET/4pm CT via this link, or watch below.
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