ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - The public is invited to attend a meeting next week on a proposal for a Northeast Kingdom community broadband project.
On Town Meeting Day next month, residents in St. Johnsbury and 26 other towns in northeastern Vermont will be asked to vote on whether their community should join the NEK Community Broadband communications union district, the Caledonian Record reported.
According to the a website about the project, the aim is to have every E-911 business and residential address in the Northeast Kingdom have access to affordable, high speed internet.
A communications union district is comprised of two or more towns with “the specific purpose to build, maintain and operate broadband infrastructure in order to provide high speed internet to all residents in member communities,” the project website said. Funds will be raised through grants and loans to build and operate the network, the website said.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at 142 Eastern Ave. in St. Johnsbury.
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