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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
US Senate Committee on Appropriations approves Ag Bill with $96 million for rural broadband grants and loans
Jul 14
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations reports… The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, to invest in America’s rural communities, support our … Continue reading
Will the recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act leave low-income households choosing between food or broadband?
Jul 11
The American Prospect published an article from Sean Gonsalves, from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Community Broadband Networks Initiative, demonstrating how cut in the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) may leave low-income household having to decide on food … Continue reading
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