Gov. Whitmer, Lt. Governor Gilchrist announce high-speed internet expansion in Washtenaw County to support small businesses

Contact: Press@Michigan.gov – the following was a press release by Gov. Whitmer on July 22, 2021 LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Whitmer and Lt. Governor Gilchrist announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Ann Arbor SPARK, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to construct 20 miles of underground fiber optic cable in the cities of Ann …