Mayor Scott, BCIT Award $2 Million Grant to Waves to Expand Internet Access to Low-Income Households

Through the Connect Baltimore Broadband Grant Program, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Office of Broadband and Digital Equity—a division of the Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology—have awarded Waves a $2 million grant as part of the Scott Administration’s efforts to improve internet access, adoption, and utilization in underserved neighborhoods. Waves, a division of the nonprofit Digital Harbor Foundation, is an internet service provider based in Baltimore. The Connect Baltimore Broadband Grant Program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and overseen by the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs, supports the development of gap and community networks to provide affordable, reliable internet access in neighborhoods most affected by the digital divide. This grant complements funding Waves has received from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s Office of Statewide Broadband, the West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation, and the France-Merrick Foundation.