Brown County

2107 – New Ulm Telecom, Inc.– Hanska A&D FTTP – GRANT $324,894

2016 – New Ulm Telecom, Inc. – Hanska – GRANT: $ 200,397

2019 – Nuvera Communications, Inc. – New Ulm SW Project – GRANT $385,600

2021 – Minnesota Valley Telephone Company (MVTC) – Rural Franklin Fiber Project – GRANT $226,800. This middle and last mile project will serve approximately 45 unserved locations in the City of Franklin and the townships of Sherman, Eden, Camp and Birch Cooley in Redwood, Renville and Brown counties.

2024:

• County: Brown, Cottonwood
  Hanson Communications
  Hanson – Comfrey FTTP
  Grant: $395,138
  Local Match: $592,711
  Total Budget: $987,849
  Hanson Communications will build and operate a Fiber to the Premises network to cover the unserved and underserved areas in Comfrey, MN. Hanson has identified this project as an area in need of better broadband as nearly 85% of the town is unserved according to the Minnesota definition of broadband service. There are 245 total fiber passings in the project including 161 unserved households, 47 unserved businesses, and 5 unserved community anchor institutions, including the school, the fire station, the City office, the post office and the community center. There are an additional 27 underserved households, and 5 businesses. Many of the people who work and live in Comfrey are connected to agriculture in some way, shape or form. Farmers, specifically, can achieve heightened efficiency and tap into new markets and resources by integrating broadband into their farming and livestock operations. The city of Comfrey has contributed $10,000 toward the project.