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Broadband
Blandin Foundation stands with Minnesota’s rural leaders and communities as they create and claim futures that are resilient, vibrant and connected.
Broadband connects rural communities to the world and is essential infrastructure for the future. Rural people and places need high-speed Internet, and the skills to use it, to create new jobs, access modern education and healthcare services, and stay connected to others.
Since 2003, the Blandin Community Broadband Program (BCBP) has worked with rural communities across Minnesota to improve broadband access, adoption and use. Guided by the vision, “Everyone in Minnesota will be able to use convenient, affordable world-class broadband networks that enable us to survive and thrive in our communities and across the globe,” the BCBP program engaged leaders at local, state and federal levels to ignite and sustain policies that support rural access to robust broadband.
Learn More About Our Work in Broadband
Research and reports, past broadband conference materials, tools you can use and success stories.
Blandin Broadband Communities Program
Arrowhead Intelligent Region
From the Blandin on Broadband Blog
MN House updates to HF47: provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified
May 08
The MN House reports an updated version of HF47 … Journal Of the House – 32nd -Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Top of Page 3197(22) provide a completion certificate when the course and exam have been completed and the provider … Continue reading
Broadband Development Update May 7, 2025: Next BEAD grant round set to open May 27, 2025
May 07
From the Office of Broadband Development… Broadband Matters: Office of Broadband Development Updates BEAD updates Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, meeting in May Resource reminder: Broadband Development Tuesday Training Series, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Minnesota Historical Society, and the Office … Continue reading
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