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Laura Sibilia: “This bill would create the Vermont... Cba, the Community…”

Featuring: Laura Sibilia, Independent | Vermont House of Representatives, Windham-Bennington District

The Vermont Natural Resources Committee Interviews Laura Sibilia

Published February 26, 2021 | Video Starts at 04:48

… it's about how do we bring together the financing to build these plans and that and you know, additional technical expertise to support these communication union districts. And so this, This bill would create the Vermont... Cba, the Community Broadband Authority. There we go. And the purpose of that entity would be to help put together the financing and technical assistance needed to get these CUD plans built. (04:48–04:58)

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