The JDA of Franklin, Hart, and Stephens Counties was awarded $140,000 with Banks County, the Habersham Development Authority and the Rabun County Development Authority being co-applicants. That money will go to fund a broadband study. The total cost of that project is $175,000.
“The total amount of the funds will be used to do a study of the current status quo - what levels of broadband connectivity are in the community, who provides it - and then interview public safety, school officials, industry people and others, asking them what is the desired need and the desired state for broadband connectivity and then devise a way to address that gap,” said Tim Martin, Stephens County Development Authority executive director.The counties have provided $35,000 total in matching money for the grant, and the study should take about six months to complete, he said.
Broadband connectivity is vital from an economic perspective, Martin said, for the future Stephens County and the region.“This is a factor that if you do not address it adequately, you are not considered from the get-go (for growth),” he said.
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