Economic Development Drives Fiber-Focused Community Vision

Colorado Springs, Colorado Population 483,956 Early-morning coffee discussions between the mayor of the City of Colorado Springs and the CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities (Springs Utilities) led to a focus on the growing needs for community-owned broadband infrastructure beginning in 2020. For Springs Utilities, municipally owned and citywide connectivity was increasingly necessary to manage theContinue reading “Economic Development Drives Fiber-Focused Community Vision”

Moving Forward Toward Public Broadband

Leadership is a key determinant of whether a community moves forward on a public broadband project. The leadership team needs to move systematically through the information-gathering process described in this handbook and determine whether to pursue a project. Once committed, a community can proceed through a decision-making funnel of project goals and desired outcomes, technologyContinue reading “Moving Forward Toward Public Broadband”