December 23, 2021
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in southwest Colorado awarded $3.2M grant for high-speed internet
Author: Stephanie Butzer
MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. — The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Montezuma County was just awarded a multi-million-dollar grant to bring high-speed internet to the area — something that officials say is no longer a luxury, but a necessity in today's world.
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) would give a $3.2 million grant to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc to construct the broadband infrastructure. This ...