Municipal Fiber Grant Recipients

Learn more about the recipients and grant awards for communities participating in the Municipal Fiber Program.

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FY2023 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards

Municipality  Amount  Description
Ashland $92,906 Connecting a remote municipal water pumping station to the municipal fiber network
Avon $158,460 Constructing a dedicated fiber network of eleven (11) water supply, treatment, and storage facilities
Bedford $200,000 Installation of fiber optic lines to sewer pump stations, water interconnection vaults and water tank
Belchertown $185,030 Installation of a redundant fiber loop to public safety buildings 
Berkley $200,000 Connecting facilities to fiber netowrk
Boylston $335,000 Upgrading the broadband infrastructure in Berlin, Boylston and the Tahanto Regional HS
Eastham $78,000 Addition of the T-Time Property and the Town Center Plaza Project to the Town's network
Freetown $335,000 Creating a town-owned Municipal Fiber Network
Gardner $200,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure  connection with the Senior Center
Hanover $200,000 Connecting all Hanover Public School buildings and Town Hall
Leominster $200,000 Connecting ten remote sites 
Methuen $137,706 Constructing an additional fiber line connecting the Police Department building and the Fire Department building
Middleton $335,000 Implementing redundancy to the North Shore fiber optic network
Oxford $20,000 Extension to the new concession stand at Ruel Field
Peabody $200,000 Construction of a closed fiber network
Plymouth $200,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure
Stoneham $176,355 Replacing the existing 1-Gig network with a new 10-Gig network
Townsend $173,384 Installing a cascade star topology fiber optic wide area network (WAN)
Wellfleet $200,000 Extension of network to cover currently unserved beach zones
Whitman $182,005 Creation of a new municipal fiber network
Winchendon $189,350 Creation of a new municipal fiber network

FY2022 Municipal Fiber Grant Awards

Municipality Amount Description
Acushnet $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network
Amherst $295,925 Extension of the existing municipal fiber network  
Andover $250,000 Expansion of the town's fiber network to water distribution system pumping stations 
Bellingham $65,589 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Bourne $250,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Bridgewater $17,466 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Brockton $250,000 Replacement of the city's current municipal fiber optic network 
Brookline $51,889 Expansion of the town's fiber optic infrastructure
Canton $47,500 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Chelsea $204,250 Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network 
Colrain $400,000 Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network for the towns of  Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe  
Dalton $60,844 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Danvers $300,000 Installation high speed fiber connections throughout seven of the towns in Essex county  
Dennis $250,000 Replacement of the town's current fiber optic municipal area network 
Dighton $201,124 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Dover $113,274 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
East Longmeadow $159,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Easthampton $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Easton $129,030 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Egremont $12,493 Extension of its existing municipal fiber network 
Fairhaven $250,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Foxborough $139,630 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Gloucester $459,672 Creation of an interconnected network of municipalities across eastern Essex County 
Groveland $47,500 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Hamilton $46,550 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Hampden $250,000 Expansion of the town's fiber infrastructure 
Holbrook $186,274 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Holliston $185,855 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Ipswich $250,000 Replacement of its existing fiber infrastructure 
Kingston $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Lakeville $168,876 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Lexington $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Littleton $250,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Lynnfield $250,000 Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network 
Marlborough $219,982 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Marshfield $250,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Mashpee $231,969 Connection of additional town own assets to the OpenCape RWAN fiber network 
Mattapoisett $154,043 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Melrose $237,500 Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure 
Middleborough $99,247 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Millis $133,475 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Nantucket $91,067 Creation of a redundant fiber network 
New Salem $12,730 Installation of environmental and security monitoring equipment for the New Salem Municipal Light Plant’s fiber network 
Newbury $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Norfolk $98,289 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
North Andover $15,561 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Northampton $250,000 Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure 
Northbridge $202,892 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Oak Bluffs $133,875 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Pepperell $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Pittsfield $205,089 Expansion of the city's existing fiber infrastructure 
Provincetown $250,000 Expansion of the town's municipal airport fiber optic infrastructure 
Raynham $250,000 Expansion of the Taunton Municipal Light Plant's fiber network into the town 
Reading $192,233 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Rowley $80,426 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Salisbury $16,030 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Scituate $250,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Spencer $250,000 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Sterling $137,276 Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network 
Sturbridge $212,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Sutton $200,000 Completion of the Sutton Fiber Network 
Taunton $190,000 Expansion of the Taunton Water Department's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Upton $237,500 Expansion of the Mendon-Upton Regional School District's existing fiber optic infrastructure to town assets 
Wareham $195,700 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Washington $244,000 Creation of a redundant fiber network for the towns of Becket, Blandford, Otis, and Washington 
Watertown $248,125 Creation of a new municipal fiber network  
Wayland $160,000 Creation of a redundant municipal fiber network 
Westborough $7,500 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Westford $19,000 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 
Westport $241,450 Creation of a new municipal network and establishment of partial network redundancy 
Worcester $237,500 Expansion of the town's existing fiber optic infrastructure 

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