Those attending the Eighth Fire Communications groundbreaking are, from left, Dion Reynolds, chief operations officer for the Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation; Manuel Vazquez, chief executive officer for the Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation; Sonny Smart, tribal elder of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; Jeff Seidl, president of Elexco, Inc.; Christina Rencontre, tribal resource specialist; tribal elder Ernie St. Germaine; Emerson Coy with the tribal planning office; tribal council members Jared Poupart, Patricia Zimmerman; tribal chairman John Johnson, Sr.; tribal members Louis St. Germaine and Paula Poupart; Jim Tuckwell, chairman of the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation and tribal council members Lyle Chapman and Joseph Wildcat, Sr. tribal council members. (Contributed photograph)
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LDF BDC breaks ground on Eighth Fire Communications
The Lac du Flambeau Business Development Corporation marked a historic moment in the community’s development with a recent groundbreaking ceremony that celebrated the commencement of Eighth Fire Communications, a revolutionary broadband venture.
