Clark County is committed to ensuring all our residents, businesses, and visitors have access to the technology they need to thrive and doing so by exploring existing programs for broadband funding. To further this work, we are interested in supporting potential applicants to Nevada’s statewide Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program at the County level.

Nevada’s vision for BEAD is that every Nevadan has access to a high-speed internet connection that is affordable, reliable, and scalable. The BEAD program is providing $416 million in funding to reach over 60,000 eligible unserved, underserved, and community anchor institution (CAIs) locations, such as affordable and public housing properties, throughout the state.

The County is committed to supporting this program by assisting BEAD applicants with the following:

• Coordinating with BEAD-eligible communities and CAIs;
• Providing information on demarcation points at County facilities to assist BEAD applicants with their understanding of BEAD-eligible locations in the County and their distance to existing middle-mile infrastructure interconnection opportunities.
• Possibly extending middle-mile infrastructure to additional County facilities to create more opportunities for backhaul and interconnection points to further reduce cost of deployment within BEAD-eligible project areas, which may potentially serve as part of the required match contribution.
• Exploring other needs of BEAD applicants, including, but not limited to, providing letters of support, clarifying application requirements by serving as a coordination point with the State, and assisting with applicants’ understanding of BEAD-eligible locations in the County.

For those interested in learning more about and submitting interest in Clark County’s support of BEAD, please visit https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/bead/index.php.