"The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) has awarded grants of $100,000 each to the Pueblo of Pojoaque and Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. The two organizations were each awarded the maximum grant of $100,000 through the Grant Writing, Engineering and Planning Program (GWEP). The Pueblo of Pojoaque will use the funding to launch an initiative to strengthen connectivity, "ensure accurate broadband service representation" and prepare for future infrastructure investment."
"The Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, which is headquartered in Taos, will strengthen its federal grant proposals. GWEP funding will be used for preliminary planning, mapping, design and engineering for high-speed Internet, the press release says. "These grants serve as another milestone to help expand broadband across New Mexico," Neala Krueger, the Office of Brand Access and Expansion's (OBAE) state grants program coordinator, said in a press release."
The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion awarded $100,000 GWEP grants to the Pueblo of Pojoaque and Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. The Pueblo of Pojoaque will use the funds to strengthen connectivity, ensure accurate broadband service representation, and prepare for future infrastructure investment. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative will use funding for preliminary planning, mapping, design and engineering to improve high-speed Internet and strengthen federal grant proposals. To date, OBAE has awarded $3.3 million through 34 GWEP grants benefiting Tribal communities, local governments, and cooperatives. New Mexico allocated $5 million to GWEP and $1.7 million in planning grants remains available.
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