FOCUS Broadband Completes Work on NCDIT GREAT Grant Project in Bladen County (NC)

FOCUS Broadband completed its Faster Bladen broadband project, making high-speed internet service available for over 700 residents and businesses living near Tar Heel and along portions of North Carolina Highway 701 between Clarkton and Elizabethtown. This project was made possible using $2.9 million in funds awarded to FOCUS Broadband in 2022 from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant program. FOCUS Broadband contributed $307,989 towards the project, with Bladen County also contributing $216,225 in matching funds. FOCUS Broadband completed the project one year ahead of schedule. FOCUS Broadband has been serving rural North Carolinians for more than 65 years and has a strong history of effectively utilizing grant funds to bring high-speed internet to rural areas.