West Virginia Opens BEAD Grant Application Window
The state will accept applications for 60 days.

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The state will accept applications for 60 days.
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2024 – The state of West Virginia began Monday to accept applications to receive broadband deployment grants under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
The state was allocated $1.2 billion to expand broadband infrastructure as part of the $42.5 billion BEAD program. It’s one of the first states to start soliciting grant applications under the Infrastructure Act program, trailing just Montana and Louisiana, which got started last week.
Grant applications will be submitted to the West Virginia Department of Economic Development’s ZoomGrants portal.
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