CARES Money for Broadband: Insights Gained from County Projects
The proposition of pursuing funding for broadband can seem unwise when a short timeline is involved. Here are lessons learned from counties that had to spend CARES dollars in the face of a fast construction deadline. Shutterstock
In 2020, states directed millions of Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds toward broadband infrastructure. While any money for high-speed Internet is a good thing, these dollars initially came with an aggressive December 2020 deadline, meaning that some local stakeholders were better positioned than others to take on the timeline burden.
Jessica Fowler is the chief client officer for Lit Communities, a company that helps local areas plan for and deploy fiber networks. She said the CARES legislation was well intentioned, but she felt it wasn’t written with a firm understanding of what it takes to complete a connectivity project. In order to use t
Blood drives begin across Southwest Virginia
The need for blood donations has risen as the pandemic goes on
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ROANOKE, Va – The American Red Cross is asking for blood donations to help fulfill an increase in need caused by the pandemic.
Winter months and flu season are typically the busiest time of year for the Red Cross and that need has only gotten higher as the pandemic goes on.
Staff members with the American Red Cross said a small blood donation could save another person’s life.
“We need you now more than ever, we know that people, whenever we put up these types of calls are so much willing to do it and to answer the call support not only the Red Cross but the patients we serve,” said the organization’s regional communications director Jonathan McNamara.
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The news last week that the building thatâs been home to The Roanoke Times since 1914 is up for sale caused concern for many of our staff and readers in our region.
Since the conclusion of the sale last year of The Roanoke Times and nine other Virginia daily newspapers to Lee Enterprises, we have been at 201 W. Campbell Ave. S.W. as a tenant of our prior owner, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which retained the real estate. That is who put the property up for sale.
The Campbell Avenue structure reflects a bygone era, when more than 600 people worked to produce and deliver two newspapers, morning and afternoon, from a sprawling physical plant spread over two city blocks. Much of the building has been unused or underused in recent years as we have consolidated business functions elsewhere. We donât know if we will be able to remain in the building as a tenant, as the Richmond Times-Dispatch did after its longtime home between Franklin and Grace streets was sold. If