Our redesigned Community Networks Map shows where municipal networks are located and how they are bringing new, more affordable service and competition to communities across...
A federal trial is underway that will likely have a huge impact on both grocery prices and the food industry.
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves gives Wisconsin Public Radio national context on open access networks and state preemption laws that ban or erect barriers to municipal broadband.
Harrison County, Texas are using the county’s remaining Rescue Plan funds to strike a fiber expansion partnership with the locally-owned Etex Telephone Cooperative.
The northern Minnesota telephone cooperative, which serves 30,000 members across its 6,000-square-mile service area, has announced it is returning over $3 million to its members.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community team has more than a decade of history actively working with state and local officials, legislators,...
The Maine Connectivity Authority has unveiled $9.6 million in new grants to bring affordable fiber to over 15,000 homes and businesses across 12 underserved communities.
Oakland, California will use ARPA grant funds to construct a city-owned fiber network that will support the city housing authority's “Free Internet Initiative.”
Fort Collins' award-winning municipal fiber network celebrates growth by giving away a year of free Internet access to 20 randomly chosen subscribers.
Brownsville, Texas is now transforming the city's digital landscape with a fiber network to bring fast, reliable, and affordable Internet service to nearly 200,000 residents.
Consumer Reports latest survey of the most popular ISPs in the U.S. once again dominated by smaller providers and community-owned broadband networks.
Imperial, Lassen, and Plumas Counties are among the first recipients of California’s $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program (FFA).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced award recipients for the historic $4.3 billion in funding for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program (CPRG) Implementation Grants...
ILSR is available to be written into USDA Cooperative Agreements for Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) grants as a partner or subrecipient.
ILSR has compiled a list of resources that can be used to search for funding opportunities, grants, support, and more. Resources include search engines and...
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