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March 15, 2018
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Prince George Electric Co-op Receives $1.25M Grant

By Kate Gibson | Progress-Index | Full Article      

WAVERLY - The Virginia Tobacco Commission awarded a grant of almost $1.25 million to the Prince George Electric Cooperative, in partnership with Sussex County, to support an initiative to expand high-speed broadband connectivity into Sussex.

"This project is a natural for the Cooperative as we have been bringing solutions to rural communities for more than 80 years," Mike Malandro, CEO of Prince George Electric Cooperative, said in a statement. "We're in the business of putting in infrastructure and providing exceptional customer service to our members. Our experience and community-based approach to service delivery and infrastructure development, positions the cooperatives to bring broadband to their service territories."
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