The Minnesota Rural Broadband Coalition consists of three types of members: Governing, Sponsoring & Supporting.
2020 Governing Members
- Arrowhead Health Alliance
- Calix, Inc.
- Carlton County
- Chisago County HRA-EDA
- Clay County
- CoBank
- Cooperative Light & Power (CLIP)
- Cooperative Network Services (CNS)
- Consolidated Telephone Company (CTC)
- East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC)
- Finley Engineering
- Greater Minneapolis Community Connections
- Growth and Justice
- Hometown Fiber
- Isanti County EDA
- Kanabec County EDA
- Kandiyohi County/Willmar EDA
- Koochiching County
- Lincoln County
- Mayo Clinic
- Meeker County EDA
- MiEnergy Cooperative
- Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
- Minnesota Association of Professional County Economic Developers (MAPCED)
- Minnesota Farmers Union
- Minnesota Telecom Alliance
- MN Rural Electric Association
- Neighborhood National Bank
- Nemadji
- Northern Technology Initiative (dba GPS 45:93)
- Pine County
- Pipestone County
- Range Assoc. of Municipalities & Schools (RAMS)
- Redwood County
- Region Nine Development Commission
- St. Louis County
- Sherburne County
- Southern MN Initiative Foundation
- Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Southwest Regional Development Commission
- SPIRE Credit Union
- Upper Minnesota Valley Development Commission
- Winthrop EDA
2020 Sponsoring Members
- Aitkin County
- Cloquet Valley Internet
- Lincoln County Enterprise Development Corp.
- MN Valley TV (MVTV)
Supporting Members
The below listed supporting members support the vision of the coalition
but have not contributed financially towards the coalition.
Statewide Advocacy Organizations
- Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)
- Economic Development Association of Minnesota (EDAM)
- Greater Minnesota Partnership (GMP)
- League of Minnesota Cities (LMC)
- Minnesota Assoc. of Community Telecommunications Administrators (MACTA)
- Minnesota Assoc. of Professional County Economic Developers (MAPCED)
- Minnesota Assoc. of Townships
- Minnesota Library Assoc.
- Minnesota Library Assoc. Legislative Committee
- Minnesota Municipal Utilities Assoc. (MMUA)
- Minnesota Rural Counties Caucus
- Minnesota Rural Education Association (MREA)
- Minnesota School Boards Assoc.
- Minnesota Service Cooperatives
- Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC)
Elected Officials
- Congressman Tom Emmer: representing Minnesota’s 6th District
- Congressman Collin Peterson: representing Minnesota’s 7th District
Educational Institutions
- East Central MN Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC)
- Minnesota State Community & Technical College
- TISP Forum (Telecommunications and Information Society Policy Forum), HHH School of Public Affairs, U of MN
Healthcare Organization
- Essentia Health
Telecommunications Organizations
- Leech Lake Telecommunications Company
- MVTV Wireless
Development Organizations & Units of Government
- Ortonville EDA
- Redwood Area Development Corporation
- Winona County EDA
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
- Northland Foundation
- Northwest Minnesota Foundation
- Southwest Initiative Foundation
- West Central Initiative
Regional Development Commissions
- Arrowhead Regional Development Commission
- East Central Regional Development Commission
- Headwaters Regional Development Commission
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
- Northwest Regional Development Commission
- Region Five Development Commission
- Southwest Regional Development Commission
- Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
Minnesota Counties
- Aitkin County
- Big Stone County
- Chippewa County
- Itasca County
- Lac qui Parle County
- Mille Lacs County
- Nobles County
- Redwood County
- Renville County
- Saint Louis County
- Sibley County
- Winona County
- Yellow Medicine County
Minnesota Cities
- City of Arlington
- City of Big Lake
- City of Brownton
- City of Buffalo Lake
- City of Elk River
- City of Fairfax
- City of Gaylord
- City of Gibbon
- City of Grand Rapids
- City of Green Isle
- City of Henderson
- City of Lafayette
- City of Madison
- City of New Auburn
- City of Stewart
- City of Tracy
- City of Winthrop
Minnesota Townships
- Jessenland Township
- Seward Township
Minnesota Regional Public Library Systems
- Arrowhead Library System
- East Central Regional Library
- Great River Regional Library
- Kitchigami Regional Library
- Lake Agassiz Regional Library
- Metropolitan Library Service Agency
- Northwest Regional Library
- Pioneerland Library System
- Plum Creek Library System
- Southeastern Libraries Cooperating
- Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
- Viking Library System
*and numerous individual public libraries throughout the state
Utility Company
- Agralite Electric Cooperative
Nonprofit Organizations & Community Groups
- Camp UniStar Foundation
- Cloquet Valley Internet Initiative (CVII)
- EnSearch
- IMPACT 20/20
- Kanabec Broadband Initiative
- Kandiyohi County Broadband and Advanced Technology Committee
- Nobles Economic Opportunity Network (NEON)
- PCs for People
- Project FINE
- Red Wing Ignite
- Resilient Region Champions of Region Five