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2025 MBI Newsletters |
| January - BEAD Deployment Phase Launch, Residential Retrofit Grant Awards and More |
| February - BEAD Deadline Extended, Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program Reopening and More |
| March - Apply for Launchpad, Final Call for Retrofit Expression of Interest and More |
| April - Apply for Launchpad, Final Call for Municipal Planning Grant, New Funding for Residential Retrofit Grantees and More |
| May - DEA Capacity Grant Program Termination, RANGE Program Launch, Retrofit Round IV Application Information and More |
| June - Important BEAD Updates, First Retrofit "Go Live" Celebration, Housing Operators to Submit Retrofit EOI by July 31 and More |
2024 MBI Newsletters |
| February - Municipal Digital Equity Plan Update, New Funding Opportunity, Residential Retrofit Program Approval and More |
| March - Residential Retrofit Program, Funding Opportunities, Digital Equity Fellowship Opportunity and More |
| April - State Digital Equity Plan Approved, $14M in Funding Announced, Challenge Process Updates and More |
| May - Partnership Program Initiatives, Upcoming BEAD Challenge Process, Events and More |
| June - BEAD Challenge Process, Residential Retrofit Program, Digital Equity Partnerships Program and More |
| July - Lead For America Graduates, Challenge Process Updates, Gap Networks Awardees and More |
| August - Challenge Process Updates, Lead for America Graduation, Digital Inclusion Awards and More |
| September - Digital Inclusion Event Registration, Challenge Process Updates, BEAD Program Pre-Deployment and More |
| October - BEAD Pre-Qualification Open, Residential Retrofit Webinar, LFA Cohort Begins and More |
| November - Digital Inclusion Event Recap, BEAD Webinar, Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program Update and More |
| December - BEAD Deployment Phase Updates, Asset Inventory Launch and More |
2023 MBI Newsletters |
| January - Digital Equity Program Updates, MMA Annual Meeting and More |
| March - Digital Equity Working Group, Mass. ACC Fellow Program, FCC Map Challenge and More |
| August - $147M in Federal BEAD Funds, Statewide Listening Sessions Launched and More |
| September - MBI Launches Statewide 'Internet for All' Listening Sessions |
| November - $145M Infrastructure Program, Upcoming Public Comment Period, & New Muni Grants |
| December - $20M in Grants to Boost Digital Equity, Public Comment Period and Apply for Gap Networks Program |
2022 MBI Newsletters |
| November - Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program |
| October - Mass. Broadband Procurement Updates, Job Opening and More |