Connectivity Plan Showcase

Appalachia Digital Accelerator

The Appalachia Digital Accelerator provides resources and technical support for 24 grantees across 68 rural communities to advance broadband access and adoption throughout the region. The program has supported communities to develop locally tailored connectivity plans to tackle their digital divides and bring reliable internet access to underserved areas. Final plans are showcased below.

Georgia

Walker County

Whitfield County

Kentucky

Buffalo Trace Area Development District

(Lewis County, Robertson County)

The City of Fleming-Neon

Red Bird Mission

(Clay County, Bell County, and Leslie County)

Maryland

Garrett County

New York

Southern Tier 8

(Chenango County & Otsego County)

North Carolina

Foothills Regional Commission

(Cleveland County, McDowell County, Polk County, Rutherford County)

Cherokee County

Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.)

(Graham County)

Jackson County

Ohio

Ashtabula County

Mahoning County

Meigs County

Trumbull County

Washington County

Pennsylvania

Alleghenies Broadband Inc.

(Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Somerset & Huntingdon Counties)

Black Bear Fiber (Centre WISP)

City of Pittsburgh

Columbia County

DRIVE Economic Development Entity

(Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder & Union Counties)

South Carolina

City of Liberty

Tennessee

Bradley County

Virginia

Virginia Community Action Partnership (VACAP)

(Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Russell County, Washington County & Cities of Norton & Bristol)

West Virginia

Generation West Virginia

(Counties: Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas, Roane, Summers, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, and Wyoming)

A project in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), which contributed $6.3 million (80% of the total project cost).