Press Release  Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $10.1 Million in Community Compact Grants Impacting 52 Municipalities

Boston — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $10.1 million in grants to Massachusetts municipalities through the Community Compact Cabinet’s Municipal Fiber Grant Program. These grants will help cities and towns build or complete municipal fiber networks, enabling modern, efficient technology infrastructure and stronger cybersecurity capabilities. 

“Our Municipal Fiber grants are helping cities and towns across Massachusetts build the modern technology infrastructure they need to better serve residents,” said Governor Maura Healey. “These investments will help communities strengthen cybersecurity, improve emergency preparedness, modernize local government operations, and make it easier for people to access services online. We’re proud to partner with municipalities across our state to support more efficient, reliable, and secure local government.” 

The Municipal Fiber Grant Program helps communities to develop local fiber networks and fill gaps in existing municipal fiber networks to support more secure and reliable technology systems. These networks can improve cybersecurity protections, enable more responsive disaster recovery, and make it easier for residents to access local government services online. A shared municipal network can also help communities save money by combining internet service and cybersecurity needs across multiple public facilities, rather than managing them separately. 

These grants can be especially meaningful for small and rural municipalities that lack the resources to meet their communities’ IT needs. Here is the full list of FY26 awards.

“Building and upgrading technology infrastructure can be difficult for communities with limited resources, and this program is one way that our Administration helps to fill those gaps,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “Congratulations to the communities receiving municipal fiber grants this fiscal year, and we look forward to seeing these important projects deliver lasting benefits for residents.”   

“Investments in municipal fiber networks improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of local governments,” said Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew J. Gorzkowicz. “These FY26 grants will help Massachusetts communities close critical infrastructure gaps, gain economies of scale, and upgrade to more modern and resilient technology.” 

“Municipally owned fiber networks are critical to help cities and towns modernize operations, strengthen cybersecurity, and deliver more reliable public services,” said Technology Services and Security Secretary Jason Snyder. “Through the Municipal Fiber Grant Program, we are helping cities and towns close critical connectivity gaps, improve the resiliency of local government technology systems, and build scalable networks that will support municipal operations for years to come.” 

Including these FY26 grants, since FY22, the Municipal Fiber grant program has provided 221 grants to support 176 municipalities or school district projects, totaling $43.8 million in funding. 

The Municipal Fiber Grant is one of two grants (along with Information Technology, or IT ) that the Healey-Driscoll Administration is offering through the Community Compact program in Fiscal Year 2026 to support communities across Massachusetts. 

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