{"id":20708,"date":"2024-10-21T10:06:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=20708"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:06:55","slug":"wyden-merkley-announce-nearly-3-million-loan-for-high-speed-internet-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-announce-nearly-3-million-loan-for-high-speed-internet-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $3 Million Loan for High Speed Internet in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The USDA ReConnect Loan will benefit residents of Clackamas County<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington D.C.\u2014 <\/em><\/strong>U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal loan of $2.8 million for Clear Creek Communications to expand high-speed internet access to households, businesses and farms in Clackamas County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cIt is more important now than ever to have reliable access to the internet, especially for rural Oregonians who need access to emergency services, telehealth appointments, school research and more,\u201d <\/strong>dijo Wyden.<strong> \u201cJust last year, I worked with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimundo to fix broadband maps that have since provided Oregonians nearly $700 million to modernize and expand broadband services in rural parts of our state. I applaud this new $2.8 million federal loan for Clackamas County, and I am committed to building on the successes we have had getting more federal resources for rural broadband services.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cIt is critical for individuals, families, and small businesses in every corner of Oregon to have access to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet,\u201d<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong>dijo Merkley.<strong>\u202f<\/strong><strong>\u201cThis federal support<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong><strong>will boost the broadband access needed in Clackamas County to better support stronger, more connected rural Oregon communities.\u201d<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This investment from the USDA\u2019s ReConnect Loan Program will go to Clear Creek Communications to deploy fiber broadband that will provide high-speed internet to 102 people, three businesses and five farms in Clackamas County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThis project will start to add Redland members to the national fiber footprint,\u201d <\/strong>said Clear Creek Communications President Jay Henke. <strong>\u201cIt will also better support the growing number of internet-connected devices the average subscriber has in their home today like smartphones, tablets, gaming systems, health trackers and doorbell cameras.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Wyden and Merkley have both advocated for more resources to expand access to broadband services in rural Oregon. In June 2023, Wyden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-applauds-unprecedented-nearly-700-million-to-expand-broadband-access-across-oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced $689 million<\/a> in federal funding from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce after Wyden successfully fought to fix inaccurate Federal Communications Commission maps. In August 2023, Wyden and Merkley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-announce-more-than-257-million-to-oregon-for-rural-broadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced $25.7 million<\/a> to bring broadband to homes and businesses in Marion, Lane, Benton and Lincoln counties. In June 2024, Wyden and Merkley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-announce-25-million-expansion-to-broadband-technical-assistance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced $25 million<\/a> to help local organizations, cooperatives and Tribes expand affordable, high-speed internet projects in rural communities throughout Oregon and nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA ReConnect Loan will benefit residents of Clackamas County Washington D.C.\u2014 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal loan of $2.8 million for Clear Creek Communications to expand high-speed internet access to households, businesses and farms in Clackamas County. \u201cIt is more important now than ever to have reliable access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":17051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[118,44,36],"class_list":["post-20708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-delivering-for-oregon","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-natural-resources-and-rural-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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