Jim Broemmer

After getting $1.25 million DCEO grant to expand broadband access, Adams declines $4.9 million DCEO grant received in June 2020

February 21, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Days after receiving a $1,252,041 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to help expand local broadband access, Adams Telephone Cooperative in Golden informed customers it was declining a DCEO grant of more than $4.9 million. Each grant was to help broadband access to unserved homes and businesses in Adams…