Ashland, OR

In the city of Ashland, Oregon, tourism constitutes a critical part of the local economy. As home of the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the city attracts nearly 125,000 visitors each year. Still, while tourism does provide the city with regular revenues, it does not provide many new opportunities for employment. Read more

Cedar Falls, IA

Cedar Falls Utilities, the largest municipally owned four-service utility in Iowa, provides electric, natural gas, water and communications services to a community of over 36,000 people. The citizens of Cedar Falls have been and continue to be the driving force.  Because of citizen demand and involvement, what once began as an unreliable water supply from "Big Springs," a small light plant built with discarded bricks and an outdated manufactured gas system, has grown into an organization that is recognized nation-wide in the utility industry for outstanding performance management, some of the most favorable utility rates in the country, and for the way in which its telecommunications project changed the economic opportunities and quality of life for its businesses and residents. Read more

Grant County, WA

Grant County Public Utilities District (GCPUD) first started investigating building out a countywide fiber optic system in March of 2000 when Washington State Governor Gary Locke signed Senate Bill 6675, allowing Washington’s public utility districts to provide wholesale telecommunications services. Read more

Lebanon, OH

Located midway between metropolises Cincinnati to the north and Dayton to the south, the small town of Lebanon, Ohio offers residents the best of two worlds—the peace and tranquility of country living combined with the convenience and cultural benefits of urban cities just thirty miles away in either direction. Read more

Newnan, GA

Anticipating potential revenue losses due to electric utility deregulation, Newnan initially explored installing a fiber optic system as a utility monitoring tool for its public utility company, Newnan Utilities. Read more

Tacoma, WA

Searching for a way to diversify its revenue streams after the 1992 deregulation of the electric utility industry, Tacoma Power originally planned to build a fiber optic network as a way to offer non-electric services to its customers without incurring heavy monetary costs. Read more