Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, Nevada
This $806,000 grant with an additional $305,000 applicant-provided match will install more than 250 new workstations and expand the training and educational capacity at more than 30 libraries and other hubs for free computer access in 15 counties throughout the state.

ComNet, Inc., Ohio
This $30 million grant with an additional $12.9 million applicant-provided match will construct almost 700 new miles of high-capacity fiber to expand an existing network throughout 28 western Ohio counties. ComNet estimates it will create over 300 jobs through this project. Nearly 2 million people as well as 165,000 businesses and approximately 3,000 other community institutions stand to benefit from this project. This project will help an area that has been impacted by the automotive restructuring and by high unemployment rates

Pine Telephone Company In, Oklahoma
This $30.2 million grant/loan project includes FTTH and fiber to the node (FTTN) solutions that will provide rural subscribers with services typically available in only the most urban areas of our country. Pine Telephone Company estimates that over 14,000 people stand to benefit from this project along with more than 500 businesses as well as 80 other community institutions. Not only will this project create jobs upfront, but it will help drive economic development in the community that will create jobs for years to come.

Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma
This $1.4 million grant with an additional $747,000 applicant-provided match will expand broadband computer access options for the economically vulnerable community in which the university is located. The project will open two computer centers with almost 90 workstations to the general public and deploy a "mobile PCC" van with 20 laptops to serve the community at large.

Oklahoma Department off Libraries, Oklahoma
This $2.3 million grant with an additional $1 million applicant-provided match will upgrade public computer centers at 45 libraries in 44 counties across the state to better equip them to meet local community needs.

Bend Cable Communications, LLC, Oregon
This $4.4 million grant with an additional $1.9 million applicant-provided match will construct more than 130 miles of new fiber in areas of central Oregon that lack adequate broadband connectivity, Bend Cable Communications estimates that over 3,000 people and more than 1,000 businesses stand to benefit from this project. Not only will this project create jobs upfront, but also it will help drive economic development in the community that will create jobs for years to come. This project will connect area business parks and bolster economic growth in the high unemployment counties of Jefferson and Crook.
 

County of Clackamas, Oregon
This $7.8 million grant with an additional $3.3 million applicant-provided match will bring affordable high-speed Internet service to northwestern Oregon. The County of Clackamas estimates that over 250,000 people stand to benefit from this project along with over 3,500 businesses and 32 other community institutions. Not only will this project create jobs upfront, but it will help drive economic development in the community that will create jobs for years to come.