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Northwest Counties

Amount Awarded: $402,811

Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane, Logan, Ness, Norton, Rawlins, Scott, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Wichita

Grants Awarded:

Nex-Tech, LLC ($40,000)
Fiber to premises – Norton County (Rural area)
Nex-Tech, LLC ($306,711)
Fixed Wireless – Rural towns of: Cedar Bluffs, Speed, Stuttgart, Codell, Sequin
Wheatland Electric Cooperative DBA Wheatland Broadband ($56,100)
Fiber to premises – Scott (City)

North Central Counties

Amount Awarded: $590,515

Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Smith

Grants Awarded:

North Central Kansas Community Network ($25,234)
Fixed Wireless – Jewell County
North Central Kansas Community Network ($17,410)
Fixed Wireless – Norway and Talmo (rural towns) and area in Republic County
North Central Kansas Community Network ($15,933)
Fixed Wireless – Hwy9 and Noble Rd (rural areas) and area in Cloud County
North Central Kansas Community Network ($18,178)
Fixed Wireless – Carr Creek and Carr Creek East (rural areas) and area in Mitchell County
Twin Valley Communications ($99,360)
Fixed Wireless – Minneapolis (City) and the surrounding rural areas
Nex-Tech, LLC ($57,600)
Fiber to premises – Republic (County)
Nex-Tech, LLC ($328,000)
Fiber to premises – Great Bend (City)
Nex-Tech, LLC ($28,800)
Fiber to premises – Plainville (City)

Northeast Counties

Amount Awarded: $9,750,257

Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, Washington

Grants Awarded:

Atchison Area Economic Development Corporation ($390,665)
Fiber to premises – Atchison (City)
RAINBOW COMMUNICATIONS ($1,743,706)
Fiber to premises – Effingham (Rural Town)
RAINBOW COMMUNICATIONS ($1,147,605)
Fiber to premises – Lancaster (Rural Town)
WTC Communications, Inc. ($477,593)
Fiber to premises – McFarland (City)
Twin Valley Communications ($513,360)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Junction (City) including Grandview Plaza
Twin Valley Communications ($255,960)
Fixed Wireless – Keats (City) and surrounding area
Twin Valley Communications ($433,620)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Chapman, Abilene, Solomon
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($811,199)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb & Other: This project will facilitate and enable FTTx providers. – Cities of: Osawatomie, Paola, Spring Hill, Olathe
One Point Technologies, Inc. ($298,744)
Fiber to premises – Blue Rapids (City)
Wabaunsee County ($452,400)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Alma, Alta Vista, Eskridge, Harveyville, Lake Wabaunsee, Willard
Giant Communications, Inc. ($206,997)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Nortonville, Effingham, Lancaster, Valley Falls, Denison, Ozawkie, Oskaloosa
JBN Telephone Company, Inc. ($80,563)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Hiawatha, Sabetha, Fairview, Morrill, Powhattan
Mercury Wireless Kansas, LLC. ($528,960)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Atchison, Cummings, Easton, Effingham, Fariview, Fort Leavenworth, Hiawatha, Highland, Horton, Lancaster, Leavenworth, Morrill, Netawaka, Nortonville, Powhattan, Sabetha, Troy, Valley Falls, Wathena, Wetmore, Winchester
Spectrum Mid-America, LLC (managed by Charter Communications, Inc., “Spectrum” or “Charter”) ($12,000)
Cable – Lansing (City)
TC Wireless ($1,765,466)
Fiber to premises – Alta Vista (City)
Jefferson County ($605,000)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb & 5G Wireless & Fixed Wireless & Other: 800 MHz radio service capable of transmitting emergency communications and internet communications to First Responders. – Cities of: Grantville, McLouth, Meriden, Nortonville, Oskaloosa, Ozawkie, Perry, Valley Falls, Williamstown, Winchester & Districts of: Lakeshore Estates, Lakeside Village, Lakewood Hills
Memorial Health System ($26,420)
5G Wireless – Cities of: Abilene, Carlton, Chapman, Enterprise, Herington, Hope, Manchester, Solomon, Woodbine

Southwest Counties

Amount Awarded: $10,863,329

Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Pawnee, Seward, Stanton, Stevens

Grants Awarded:

IdeaTek Telcom, LLC ($5,980,248)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Kismet, Plains, Meade, Fowler, Minneola, Bloom, Kingdown, Ford
IdeaTek Telcom, LLC ($2,147,004)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Offerle, Kinsley, Lewis, Belpre, Macksville, St. John, Stafford, Hudson, Cullison, Haviland, Greensburg, Mullinville, Bucklin, Garfield
Finney County ($1,823,261)
Fiber to premises – Garden (City)
Blackdragon Networks, LLC ($386,272)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Jetmore & Hanston
City of Garden City ($526,544)
Fiber to premises – Garden (City)

South Central Counties

Amount Awarded: $14,128,183

Barber, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Marion, McPherson, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner

Grants Awarded:

Moundridge Telephone Company, Inc. ($393,776)
Fiber to premises – Pine Village in Moundridge (Rural town)
Moundridge Telephone Company, Inc. ($127,931)
Fiber to premises – Moundridge (Rural town)
South Central Wireless, Inc. dba/SCTelcom ($677,600)
Fiber to premises – Medicine Lodge (City)
South Central Wireless, Inc. dba/SCTELCOM ($349,200)
Fiber to premises – Pratt (City) and area directly east on Hwy 54 and rural Byers/Hopewell.
South Central Wireless, Inc. dba/SCTELCOM ($552,000)
Fiber to premises – Harper (City) and area east and northeast of Harper.
South Central Wireless, Inc. dba/SCTELCOM ($534,600)
Fiber to premises – Anthony (City) and Anthony area
Home Communications, Inc ($487,084)
Fiber to premises – McPherson (County)
Golden Belt Telephone Association Inc. DBA GBT Communications Inc. ($574,154)
Fiber to curb & Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Hudson, Macksville, Radium, St. John, Seward, and Stafford
KanOkla Networks ($1,106,900)
Fiber to premises – Rural west of Wellington & Rural west of Arkansas City
LR Communications, Inc. ($494,444)
Fiber to premises – Raymond (City)
IdeaTek Telcom, LLC ($3,595,576)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Florence, Cedar Point, Elmdale, Strong City, Cottonwood Falls
IdeaTek Telcom, LLC ($1,989,833)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Langdon, Arlington, Abbyville, Willowbrook, Pretty Prairie
Haviland Telephone Co., dba Haviland Broadband ($282,718)
Fixed Wireless – Rural towns of: Argonia, Conway Springs, Riverdale, Norwich, Cullison, Haviland, Mullinville, Greensburg, Nashville, Sawyer, Coats, Isabel
Nextlink Internet, in partnership with Black & Veatch and Microsoft. The responding team is referred to as “Connect & Advance Kansas”. ($1,361,000)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Burrton, Brookville, Lindsborg, Larned, Great Bend, Hoisington, Newton, Solomon, Gypsum, Bennington, Winfield
Cox Communications ($1,381,285)
Fiber to premises – Cities of: Derby, Kechi, Topeka, Dodge City/Dodge Township
City of Marion ($160,000)
Fiber to curb – Marion (City)
KanOkla Networks ($60,082)
Fiber to premises – Cities of: Caldwell, South Haven, Argonia, Corbin, Perth, Wellington, Oxford

Southeast Counties

Amount Awarded: $5,239,336

Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Osage, Wilson, Woodson

Grants Awarded:

Wave Wireless LLC ($362,920)
Fixed Wireless – Portion of Labette, Montgomery, and Neosho (Rural towns)
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($361,866)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Basehor (City)
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($131,714)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Garnett (City)
LaHarpe Communications, Inc dba Newwave Broadband ($122,663)
Fixed Wireless – Geneva and Neosho Falls (Rural towns)
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($365,542)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Parsons (City)
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($321,837)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Independence (City)
THE BUTLER RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSN INC ($1,198,299)
Fixed Wireless – Rural towns of: Eureka, Severy, Piedmont
S&A Telephone Company ($106,947)
Fiber to premises – Americus (City)
LaHarpe Communications, Inc dba Newwave Broadband ($122,663)
Fixed Wireless – Cities of: Mildred, Moran, Kincaid, Lone Elm & Bayard (Rural town)
Mokan Dial Inc. ($365,719)
Fiber to curb – Hillsdale/Paola (Rural town)
City of Chanute ($1,600,000)
Fiber to premises & Fixed Wireless – Chanute (City)
Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($179,166)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Wellsville (City)

East Central Counties

Amount Awarded: $8,284,159

Douglas, Johnson, Shawnee, Wyandotte

Grants Awarded:

Kansas Fiber Network, LLC ($190,814)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Eudora (City)
RG Fiber ($1,337,258)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb & Other: Fiber to the Home – Spring Hill (City)
RG Fiber ($917,923)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb & Other: Fiber to the Home – Cities of: Baldwin, Wellsville, Edgerton, Gardner, De Soto
Unified Government of Wyandotte County ($2,823,164)
Fiber to premises & Fiber to curb – Cities of: Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Kansas City
The University of Kansas Health Authority, d/b/a The University of Kansas Health System ($3,015,000)
Mobile WiFi – Cities of: The University of Kansas Health System