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NMU gets $6.5 million for broadband from Michigan Strategic Fund

MARQUETTE, MI--  The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved an award to Northern Michigan University to make high-speed broadband available throughout the Upper Peninsula. 

Representative John Kivela (D-Marquette) issued the following statement upon learning of the award:

“I am very pleased that Northern Michigan University has been granted an Investment Fund Award worth $6.5 million to bring high-speed broadband services to every city and township in the U.P. This will be a huge help to residents by making it easier for them to go online. More importantly, this will make a world of difference for entrepreneurs who want to live and work in the Upper Peninsula.

“The economic value of high-speed broadband can’t be underestimated. The availability of high-speed broadband will help us keep our talented youth here in the U.P. It will also give others who have wanted to live and work here the opportunity to do that.

“Northern Michigan University is doing a great thing for our communities, and I am glad that the MSF recognizes that and is supporting them.” 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.