Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability #008

The Iowa Department of Management received 91 applications for round #8 of the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Grant Program which is designed to reduce or eliminate areas of the State of Iowa that are unserved or undeserved by broadband service. Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) #008 made $148,960,000 available for broadband expansion in Iowa. Funds for this grant round have been allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) Capital Projects Fund ("CPF") to provide a substantial infusion of resources to help turn the tide on the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery.

APPLICATION CONTROL NUMBER
APPLICANT NAME
APPLICATION (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD)
GRANT AMOUNT AWARDED
FINAL DISPOSITION
523273 Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative NOFA 8 $20,466,396.77 Awarded
         
523319 Alpine Communications, LC ClayFay 57/47/53 $1,967,960.31 Awarded
         
524149 Minburn Telephone Company Minburn Telephone Company Rural Broadband Expansion Supporting the City of Dallas Center $1,994,072.65 Awarded
         
524398 Panora Communications Cooperative Panora Fiber's Central Iowa NOFA 8 Project #1 $1,181,143.50 Awarded
524409 Interstate Cablevision, LLC Interstate Cablevision FTTH Rural Broadband Expansion-NOFA#8 $3,988,276.02 Awarded
524505 Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association Rural Webster County Broadband Expansion $1,329,294.09 Awarded
524522 Sharon Telephone Company Sharon Telephone BIZ 10 and 82 NOFA #8 $1,842,400.00 Awarded
         
524794 Casey Mutual Telephone Co Casey Mutual BIZ2-4 Fiber Project $4,798,582.22 Awarded
524928 Premier Communications, Inc. NOFA 008 - BIZ 31 Application $3,796,722.13 Awarded
525226 Prairieburg Telephone Company, Inc Walker and Northeast Monti $2,441,026.52 Awarded
525289 Colo Telephone Colo Telephone NOFA8 $2,506,676.89 Awarded
         
525551 Mediacom LLC NOFA008 - Mediacom $19,162,799.31 Awarded
         
525831 coon valley cooperative telephone association inc. Broadband Intervention Zone #42 $2,261,235.24 Awarded
525844 Long Lines Salix, Sloan and Albaton $4,138,479.51 Awarded
         
525980 Midwest Data Center MDC Zone 40 Fiber Project $3,526,432.73 Awarded
         
526127 La Porte City Telephone Company LPC NW - 506545 $4,578,021.27 Awarded
         
526451 Kalona Cooperative Telephone Co HENRY COUNTY $3,120,782.33 Awarded
         
526721 Hawkeye Interconnect Company NOFA 008 1 Gbps And Beyond Fiber-to-the- Home (FTTH) Expansion $5,389,058.42 Awarded
         
526917 Wellman Cooperative Telephone Association Wellman Cooperative Telephone Association $2,698,551.00 Awarded
         
526946 Cedar Communications Fiber Project - NOFA 8 $3,256,229.10 Awarded
526965 BTC, Inc. BTC Inc. - Schleswig $1,027,069.58 Awarded
526966 BTC, Inc. BTC Inc - Carroll Denison Vail Areas $262,358.37 Awarded
526985 Jefferson Telephone Company 512252-Empower Rural Iowa-NOFA #008 $2,254,717.44 Awarded
         
527030 Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company of Moulton IA Appanoose County FTTH Expansion $6,864,355.34 Awarded
         
527043 Harmony Telephone Company North Howard County FTTP (BIZ 64) $4,590,149.38 Awarded
         
527137 Dunkerton Telephone Cooperative Dunkerton NOFA #008 $211,406.93 Awarded
527155 East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative SE Independence $223,652.09 Awarded
         
527172 East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative Walker-Rowley Rural $937,655.24 Awarded
527173 East Buchanan Telephone Cooperative Buchanan-Delaware County Line $309,013.78 Awarded
         
527220 Dumont Telephone Company Stout - BIZ 7 $508,072.37 Awarded
527327 Mediapolis Telephone Company MTC NOFA #008 Project $17,280,882.33 Awarded
         
527416 Mi-Fiber, LLC MIF_NOFA008 $2,666,804.13 Awarded
527445 Panora Communications Cooperative Panora Fiber's Central Iowa NOFA 8 Project #3 $5,736,431.55 Awarded
527466 West Liberty Telephone Company BIZ #5 NOFA 8 Liberty Communications $1,990,455.46 Awarded
527482 Panora Communications Cooperative Panora Fiber's Central Iowa NOFA 8 Project #4 $959,900.62 Awarded
         
527513 The Wyoming Mutual Telephone Company NOFA #8 - BIZ 38 $5,925,738.92 Awarded
         
527531 Lockridge Networks NOFA008 Rural South Central Iowa FTTH $1,526,731.82 Awarded
         
527767 Evertek Schleswig Fiber $347,573.68 Awarded
         
527855 AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC dba Nextlink Internet AMG Technology_BIZ 60 $892,890.99 Awarded

Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability #008