You got another step closer to having faster, more reliable internet if you live in three Door County municipalities. The Wisconsin Broadband Office announced over 30 grants to municipalities, providing matching funds to communities looking to get their internet services off the ground. The Town of Egg Harbor ($960,000), the Town of Sturgeon Bay ($552,399), and the Town of Sevastopol ($816,693) received funding for the projects they are partnering with AT&T on shortly. Once the projects are funded, nearly 4,000 homes and 430 businesses will be connected with fiber internet, thanks partly to the grant funding. Door County Broadband Coordinator Jessica Hatch says community buy-in and a change in strategy are to thank for the recent success the area has seen with acquiring grants for broadband internet implementation.

Hatch says Liberty Grove, Nasewaupee, Gibraltar, and Forestville are all applying for grants to help build the fiber network in their communities. The towns of Brussels, Union, and Gardner are hosting a public meeting next Wednesday night at Southern Door High School to discuss their own plans to bring high-speed internet to homes and businesses in those areas. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Southern Door Auditorium.