The Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp) is proud to announce receipt of a new grant award intended to help northern California counties move closer to the goal of expanding high-speed Internet access to rural areas.

SEDCorp was awarded a one-year, $150,000 grant to launch public-private partnership aimed at increasing digital access and use in Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sierra and eastern Alpine counties. The new partnership, the Gold Country Broadband Consortium (GCBC) is one of 14 regional consortia in the State funded by the California Advanced Services Fund Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia grant program.  The Consortium was formed to leverage regional, state and national resources as an investment in improving and expanding broadband access.

Updates to the Consortium can be found under the Projects tab of this website.  Additional information and announcements will be posted on the Gold Country Broadband Consortium Blog:  http://goldcountryconsortium.wordpress.com.