Connect The Future Florida

Our mission is simple. We’re fighting for a more connected Florida by encouraging #broadband investment throughout the state.

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

ICYMI: CTF Florida presented former Speaker @ChrisSprowls and Representative @JosieTomkow with our Broadband Champion award for their efforts to deliver reliable high-speed internet to unserved areas across Florida. See more from the event via @BN9 → https://t.co/XFrBuA2epH

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

CTF Florida recently announced our latest recipients of our Broadband Champion Award, former Speaker @ChrisSprowls and Representative @JosieTomkow, for their determination to close the digital divide in Florida. See a recap from @BN9: https://t.co/FaXZFpdgPX

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

.@GovRonDeSantis and the @FLDEO awarded $144M in Broadband Opportunity Program grants to expand internet access across Florida. CTF recently held a panel discussion in Fort Meade with @ChrisSprowls, @JosieTomkow, & @PolkSchoolsNews to discuss the program’s impact.

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

At our first CTF Florida event, we recognized @ChrisSprowls and @JosieTomkow's contributions to Florida’s new Broadband Opportunity Program, which @GovRonDeSantis just supercharged by announcing the first $144M in grants. Read more:
https://t.co/zjkR8UTuFL

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Communities in Santa Rosa and other rural Florida counties will soon see the positive impacts of @FLDEO’s Broadband Opportunity Program. The $144M in grants announced by @GovRonDeSantis today are only the beginning for Florida’s connected future. Read more:

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

.@GovRonDeSantis just announced the first grants from @FLDEO’s Broadband Opportunity Program. $144M was awarded to reach nearly 160,000 unserved locations in 41 counties. This is great news for all Floridians and another step toward closing the digital divide!

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Excited to be hosting an event in Polk County, where we’ll recognize former Florida House Speaker @ChrisSprowls and Rep. @JosieTomkow with CTF’s Broadband Champion Award, which acknowledges their exemplary work to accelerate broadband deployment.
https://t.co/UiiM1usiJw

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

We are pleased to have community leaders & CTF Florida supporters like the Lakeland Economic Development Council join us for our event to discuss the educational and economic impact that broadband access can deliver for Floridians. Learn more:
https://t.co/AdASIctMKO

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

CTF Florida will be hosting a broadband access panel discussion and award ceremony in Polk County on January 30, featuring former Speaker @ChrisSprowls and Rep. @JosieTomkow to celebrate broadband expansion across the Sunshine State. Get the latest here: https://t.co/31eXuPQvYY

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Thank you @GovRonDeSantis, Speaker @ChrisSprowls, and rural champions in the legislature for taking steps to address Florida’s #digitaldivide. Investing in rural infrastructure to increase high-speed broadband access is critical to connecting unserved Floridians to the future.

[Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis]

Our rural communities are primed for high demand industries like manufacturing and logistics. Florida's $30 million investment in the Rural Infrastructure Fund and $400 million for the Broadband Opportunity Program will help our rural communities realize additional opportunity.

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Connect The Future members applaud Florida lawmakers on new broadband push. View the full release:
https://t.co/ppLqijN4uY

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Utility poles are the backbone of reliable internet access in our state – and lawmakers have an opportunity to leverage unused federal funding to upgrade old poles and speed broadband expansion to unserved areas in our state. Learn more:

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Local businesses fuel Florida's economy, yet 20% of Florida's rural businesses still struggle to compete due to lack of reliable access to high-speed internet. Learn how our solutions can help get them connected:
https://t.co/aFJBDj4CcR

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

One solution to encourage broadband expansion efforts in rural Florida: create and fund a program to provide grants for deployment in unserved, rural areas of Florida. Learn more about how this could close the #DigitalDivide for good:
https://t.co/lAn38r6Id8

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

Students are the Sunshine State's future, and high-speed internet is crucial to ensuring they get the best education possible. Learn how Florida can close the #HomeworkGap by speeding broadband deployment.

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

DYK: Utilizing federal funds to replace utility poles can help accelerate broadband deployment to unserved Floridians? Help connect your neighbors to a reliable high-speed internet connection:
https://t.co/UqxF2dELMw

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

DYK: Utilizing federal funds to replace utility poles can help accelerate broadband deployment to unserved Floridians? Help connect your neighbors to a reliable high-speed internet connection:
https://t.co/mueUEdX2W0

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

More than 804,000 Floridians are still unserved and lack high-speed internet access – but lawmakers in Tallahassee can get them connected. Learn more →
https://t.co/Idomx6b7vC

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

More than 804,000 Floridians lack access to wireline broadband access. To help close this gap, the state legislature must fully fund a newly created program that provides grants to spur deployment in unserved, rural areas of Florida. Learn more:
https://t.co/sgnGInKUBx

[Connect The Future Florida @CTF_FL]

ONLY 12 of Florida's 67 counties are equipped with the infrastructure necessary to provide nearly all residents with high-speed broadband. Floridians need action to accelerate broadband expansion throughout the state.
https://t.co/gHn7S7qim4