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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">The following came across my inbox this afternoon:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FYI, Business Oregon has announced a request for applications for funding to the
<b>Rural Broadband Capacity Pilot Program</b>. <span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Information is posted on the Business Oregon website at
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.orinfrastructure.org/Infrastructure-Programs/Telecommunications/Rural-Broadband-Capacity-Program/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.orinfrastructure.org/Infrastructure-Programs/Telecommunications/Rural-Broadband-Capacity-Program/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The projected timeframes for this pilot program are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications due by February 21, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Award offers made by March 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contact Chris Tamarin if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Christopher Tamarin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Telecommunications Strategist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Oregon Business Development Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 205<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#002060">Portland, Oregon 97204<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:christopher.tamarin@oregon.gov">christopher.tamarin@oregon.gov</a></span><span style="color:#002060">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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