By: Lydia Crawley
The Parsons Advocate
The Tucker County Commission approved a resolution to sign a letter of support to assist CityNet with a grant application for what Tucker County Commission President Mike Rosenau described as the next round of grant funding for internet rollout in the County. “What this letter of support is, their company is vying for the grant that is coming out through the State to provide the nonserved residents of the County Internet and wifi,” Rosenau said.
Rosenau said that the letter would not be the only one the Commission would consider supporting. According to Rosenau, the County supports all the internet companies that come through Tucker County because they just want to see the citizens receive service. “We support all of them that come through here,” Rosenau said, “because we just want them to get it.”
Rosenau said that he is concerned that families with children could fall behind if they do not have adequate internet service. “If your child didn’t have a connection to the internet ,” Rosenau said, “they would be a year behind. Those are the concerns I have as a Commissioner and a grandfather.”
Rosenau said he is confident the Commission will receive requests from other providers who seek support for their own grant applications. “I’m sure we will get one from Frontier, I’m sure we will get one from Prodigy,” Rosenau said. “The major companies that already have a footprint in our County, they’ll apply for this grant.”
The Commission approved a motion made by Rosenau unanimously to sign the letter of support for CityNet. “I make a motion that we approve the letter of support for CityNet for their grant application,” Rosenau said.
