DMCI Broadband, a wireless internet provider, will receive a $3.1 million grant and a $3.1 million loan to increase fiber-optic internet in Hillsdale and Branch counties. “Extending broadband out to rural areas of Michigan and the nation enhances educational opportunities and also helps to ensure that rural residents have access to needed telemedicine,” said...
A grant available to Hillsdale residents who are seeking to resolve property blight violations has been extended until May. The grant, which was offered by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority as part of its Neighborhood Enhancement Program back in February 2020, gives the city $30,000 to distribute to citizens who qualify. The city will...
The Hillsdale County Community Foundation is accepting applications for Youth Opportunities Unlimited Throughout Hillsdale — YOUTH — grant applications. HCCF offers the grants every April and November to organizations that serve youth in Hillsdale County. Applicants must be part of an educational or governmental organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and youth must be involved in...
It might be a lot easier to catch a ride in Hillsdale by the end of the 2017 fiscal year. The Dial-A-Ride Transportation busing service has partnered with local private non-profit Key Opportunities to start a Mobility Management program, a new measure aimed at centralizing the city’s transportation. Bonnie Tew, Finance Director of...
The city of Hillsdale was recently awarded several grants amounting to nearly $80,000 through the Hillsdale County Community Foundation. According to Sharon Bisher, the president and CEO of the HCCF, the non-profit organization accepts grants a couple of times a year, and then asks local organizations what their needs are. “We look at what...