Eastgate Regional Council of Governments awarded $132K for broadband study

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $132,500 grant to the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments in Youngstown to conduct a broadband feasibility study.

The project will help implement solutions to address the lack of affordable broadband in rural areas as well as the lack of access to high-speed broadband in urban areas, according to a news release.

"Many Ohioans, and particularly those who live in low-income areas, are too often at an economic and educational disadvantage due to little or no access to reliable broadband internet service," U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in the release. "This project will help us begin to address those disparities in the Mahoning Valley. Now couldn't be a better time to address broadband access in Ohio, when so many schools will begin their school years with e-learning in place."

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This story was originally published September 9, 2020 at 2:53 PM with the headline "Eastgate Regional Council of Governments awarded $132K for broadband study."