Visionary Broadband won three of the 12 grants made earlier this month by the Advance Colorado Broadband Grant Program.
The announcement was made by the Colorado Broadband Office (CBO). This round of grants will be used to connect almost 830 homes and businesses across Colorado. The pandemic recovery funds originated with the Capital Projects Fund.
The funding round, which is referred to as the Advance Colorado Broadband Mini Grant Program, totaled about $4.1 million. The application period ran from October 7 to November 7 and received 19 responses. The challenge period ended on December 4.
The grants won by Visionary Broadband will support work in Pagosa Lakes and Archuleta and Chaffee counties and totaled about $753,000.
The Colorado broadband grants:
- NE Colorado Cellular, 2025 Viaero Adams County Project: $223,455 for 69 locations
- Visionary Communications, Pagosa Lakes: $679,878 for 46 locations
- Visionary Communications, Archuleta County Project; $44,800 for 56 locations
- Visionary Communications, Chaffee County Project: $28,800 for 36 locations
- Farmers Telephone Company, Connecting Unincorporated Montezuma Project: $395,585 for 64 locations
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe, SUIT Phase II Network Project: $123,013 for 77 locations
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe, SUIT Wildcat Backbone Project: $194,180 for 85 locations
- Inventive Wireless of Nebraska, Longmont Industrial Project: $365,867 for 56 locations
- Clearnetworx, Clearnetworx FTTP expansion project: $794,362 for 67 locations
- City of Loveland, FTTP-North County Rd 27 Project: $137,940.00 for 22 locations
- Force Broadband, El Paso County FTTH Project: $367,165 for 100 locations
- Force Broadband, El Paso County North FTTH Project: $755,072 for 152 locations
“In a world that turned to virtual connections during the pandemic, it’s critical to ensure Coloradans have internet access,” CBO executive director Brandy Reitter said in a press release abou this round of Colorado broadband grants. “These awarded broadband projects will provide Coloradans in unserved and underserved communities with more opportunity and resources.”
Changes to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program made by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) late last year raised concerns, Reitter told Telecompetitor at the time. She laid out the state’s strategy to Telecompetitor in October 2025.
More information about broadband in Colorado, including links to state funding resources, BEAD grant news, state-specific Telecompetitor coverage, and more can be found on the Telecompetitor Broadband Nation webpage for the state.
