548 New Addresses Including 30 Businesses Part of Fiber Expansion Project
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) has awarded a grant of $1,364,337 to Lumos and Botetourt County to assist with the expansion of fiber in Botetourt County. The grant will be used as part of a project to install fiber to provide high-speed internet to 548 new addresses, including 30 businesses. Approximately 52% of the cost of the project is being funded by the VATI grant, and the remainder will be contributed in partnership with Lumos, a premier provider of fiber broadband internet, and Botetourt County.
“This expansion makes it possible for more people in Botetourt County to have fast, reliable fiber internet, which has become a necessity because so many of us are working and learning from home. We are very much looking forward to this new project and excited to bring fiber optic broadband to more households in Botetourt County,” said Diego Anders
What’s News Today: Budget meetings, reversion update
Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
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Lynchburg City Council will hold a budget retreat today. The meeting runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Aviary at Miller Park. The 7:30 p.m. City Council meeting is canceled due to a lack of agenda items.
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors will meet today. Members will select a new chair and vice-chair. It will also recognize the school board for the completion of the new Colonial Elementary School. It opened yesterday, replacing the old school, which opened in 1939.
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A law passed in March requires commonwealth bona fides beginning Jan. 1, 2021, for boating access sites that the Department of Wildlife Resources owns or manages.
Take note, boaters and floaters: You may need your papers in order next year.
A law passed in March requires commonwealth bona fides beginning Jan. 1, 2021, for boating access sites that the Department of Wildlife Resources owns or manages.
For river outfitting businesses, that could bring a logistical quagmire when people show up to canoe, kayak or tube down the river. Buchanan-based Twin River Outfitters sees up to 200 people on nice, in-season days at the James River, business co-owner John Mays said. He expects that he and his staff would have to help most of them sign up online for a $4, one-day, access pass.