Today we take a deeper dive into Broadband and Fiber Optic infrastructure in Florida's rural counties, including Levy County. Our host, Laura Byrnes, APR, CPRC, explains how CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion's $1.73 million "Creating Connections" grant for fee-free broadband training will impact the workforce and the future of internet access in Levy County as well as 10 other rural counties in neighboring workforce development regions.

Joining Laura on today's episode is Michele Shulze, CareerSource CLM’ broadband grant coordinator, and Sarah Kasdan Nee Hamilton, operations director for BDI Datalink, which is the company conducting the broadband training. Learn about  the urgent need for broadband expansion; the steps that federal, state and local partners are taking to fill that need; and what you can look forward to if you live in any of the rural counties mentioned in the podcast (Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor counties and Union counties).

If you or someone you know is a resident of one of the 11 eligible counties, and interested in receiving the training and certification – at no charge – for a career in the broadband industry, please email broadband@careersourceclm.com.

Today's success story begins here!

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CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids/services are available upon request to persons with disabilities and in Spanish. Phone numbers may be reached using TTY/TDD equipment via Florida Relay at 711. For accommodations, call 800-434-5627, ext. 7878. Programs funded by CareerSource CLM as grantee of the U.S. Department of Labor as part of awards totaling $6.9 million, revised annually, with no funds from non-governmental sources. A proud partner of the American Job Center network and member of CareerSource Florida .