Author: Christina Derby

The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) announced it has awarded over $120,000 in scholarships to 40 students from rural communities served by members of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association. Two of those students are from the Garden Valley Technologies service area. The FRS Scholarship Program awards one-time scholarships to students from across rural America for their […]

The Minnesota Telecom Alliance announced that they received 103 scholarship applications from across the state and one winning student is from Fertile. Olivia Forgit was selected to receive a $2,000 scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year from the Minnesota Telecom Alliance Foundation, according to Tim Brinkman, Garden Valley Technologies. Ms. Forgit will be graduating from […]

In May, Garden Valley Technologies issued more than 17,500 checks to members totaling approximately $1.5 million in allocated capital credits. This capital credit payout represents a percentage of the capital credits allocated for 2002 and 2021. Capital credits are one of the many benefits of being a GVT member. Because co-ops operate at cost, any […]

Garden Valley Technologies is excited to have the opportunity to work closely with local schools to provide live broadcasts of student-run productions. In addition to the broadcasting equipment and technical support, GVT will now be offering a $5,000 media club advisor grant to each of the ten schools, which will total up to $50,000. The […]