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Springfield-based Net Vision Communications LLC is the recipient of a $12.4 million federal broadband loan.
The funding is earmarked for Net Vision Communications to connect 4,587 people, 300 businesses, nine farms and 15 public schools to high-speed internet in Barton County, according to a news release. The loan is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ReConnect Program.
“High-speed internet will strengthen our rural economy and help rural businesses access new markets," said Kyle Wilkens, USDA Rural Development Missouri director, in the release.
Additional rural high-speed internet funding is slated to be announced by the federal government in the coming months.
Missouri State University’s science building, built in 1971 and formerly called Temple Hall, is being reconstructed and updated.