The Department of Agriculture announced last week that it has funded twelve rural broadband projects in 11 states to the tune of $97 million

John M. Rowe, author/publisher of "Firmly Anchored in Midair: The Handbook of Wireless Site Acquisition and Permitting" and owner of Communications Real Estate, Inc. and Telecom Birddogs, LLC, is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado and has served as a subject matter expert for the telecommunications facility development business for over 30 years. Rowe has been involved with locating, acquiring, and securing permits to build and operate communications sites on new towers and existing structures throughout the United States since 1980, as well a recruiting, hiring, training, and managing groups of others to do the same. John received his Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University in Industrial Management and his Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado. Rowe served as the Colorado Wireless Association as Regulatory Chairman (2017 & 2018). Mr. Rowe resides in Centennial, Colorado with his wife Debbie where he divides his time between expanding company training offerings, attending bible studies, and his wife.