Breezeline Reception
Richmond, Virginia (April, 2023)
Tamarah Holmes, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Broadband and Program Manager of the Virginia Appalachian Regional Commission Program, representatives from the County Broadband Offices, Ray LaMura, President of the VCTA-Broadband Association of Virginia, and Shaun Blake, Breezeline Region Director of Operations, delivered remarks at the event.
“We know that expansion in this state can sometimes be challenging,” said Dr. Tamarah Holmes. “The good news is that initiatives like this prove what can be done when providers and communities share the cost to reduce risk while tapping into state and federal funding streams to drive advanced technology deeper and deeper into the Commonwealth. We won’t achieve our goal of universal access overnight, but we are making steady gains each and every year through initiatives like this. So I thank Breezeline and the counties of Mathews, Caroline, Middlesex, and Lancaster for this achievement.”
The expansion project was funded through a Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Breezeline and the counties also contributed to the cost of the project, whose construction was completed in February.
