The local team of citizens who have been working on an application for a broadband internet center in Sedan received disappointing news on Tuesday: Their application was not selected by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

According to Anthony G. Wilhelm, director of the Broadband Technology Opportunities program in Washington, D.C., no further consideration will be given the application.

At the center of the proposal was the Bradford Hotel in downtown Sedan which would have been the focal point of an internet center if the grant had been approved. Harry Watts of the Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation, led the effort and wrote the grant. Others involved were Quad County Enterprises, the Sedan Area Foundation (owner of the hotel), Southern Kansas Telephone Co., the Southeast Kansas Education Center at Greenbush, USD 286-Sedan, local chambers of commerce in Chautauqua County, the Hometown Prosperity organization and numerous individuals and businesses.

Jack Newcomb, director of Quad County Enterprises, expressed his own disappointment in the decision at the federal level, adding that it might be possible to make another application for the next round of funding.

But he wants to get together with the local people who have been involved in the process to seek their input.

“The letter we received did not give us any hints as to why we weren’t successful,” Newcomb said.