New Mexico

Broadband Service in Northern Rio Grande Valley

Through USDA Rural Development’s Broadband Initiatives Program, the Pueblo de San Ildefonso received $632,225 loan and $632,225 Grant for the TewaCom Broadband Initiative (TBI) to expand broadband service in the Northern Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. This project will be an important part of a regional approach to overcome persistent barriers associated with rural broadband deployment in Northern Rio Grande Valley. San Ildefonso Pueblo is a partner in REDI (Northern New Mexico Regional Economic Development Initiative), which will deploy a regional open network. The network will support the multiple purposes of economic development, education, healthcare, and sustainable energy development funds and will enable the Pueblo to quickly expand its service network to 2,405 households. This project will directly support regional economic development efforts currently being implemented in New Mexico. In addition, jobs will be created by Pueblo de San Ildefonso solar and geothermal energy projects dependent on broadband services.

New Mexico's Numbers
 
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Number of jobs created or saved by the Recovery Act:

19,000

Recover Act funds made available to support jobs:

$2.5 billion

Recovery Act funds that have already been spent:

$1.6 billion

Number of working families receiving tax relief that can be put to use immediately:

700,000

Number of Recovery Act-backed small business loans :

421

Miles of highway improved across the state:

323

Number of clean energy projects :

99

Number of homes that will be weatherized :

2,788

Number of students getting Pell Grants to help pay college tuition:

11,240

Number of education jobs funded by the Recovery Act:

1,944

 

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