Harris County (TN) Moves Ahead with Broadband Partnership

By unanimous vote, the Henry County Commission entered into a partnership with the West Kentucky & Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative with a goal to provide the opportunity for broadband services for every household in Henry County. “Broadband is extremely necessary for our underserved areas,” County Mayor Brent Greer said. “Within a short period of time, we’ve put a lot of things together because of the importance of this.” Mayor Greer noted the work on providing broadband to Henry County actually started 18 months ago with much the same goals as there are now. “And 18 months ago, COVID was not even an issue, but we were already working on telehealth and other aspects that are being presented today. Then COVID hit and our world changed overnight.”