BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Mountain Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Mountain Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Mountain Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Many Colorado communities\, especially rural towns\, are frustr ated by inadequate broadband communications in their area\, arguing lack o f service limits their ability to grow and support new economic developmen t. Despite these concerns\, local governments in our more urban communitie s are investing and partnering in broadband to compete regionally and glob ally. \n\nFrom the perspective of private telecom firms\, it is not clear there is enough demand and funding to financially support the type of broa dband many communities are asking for. Although Colorado law allows munici palities to vote to provide an option for public provision of broadband se rvices\, actually moving forward to implement broadband has been challengi ng. More than 100 Colorado communities have voted\, and state funds have n ow been allocated for broadband projects.\n\nA panel of experts will discu ss the current state of municipal broadband in Colorado &ndash\; the polic y\, political\, economic and social issues to be addressed in 2019 and bey ond.\n\n Moderator: \n\nRandy Harrison\nSenior Fellow\, SPA Institute for Governance\n\nPanelists:\n\nJordan Beezley\nBroadband Deployment Director\ , Department of Regulatory Affairs\, State of Colorado\n\nDave Zelenok\nVi ce President/Manager\, Local Government Services\, HR Green\, Inc.\n\nOthe rs to be announced! DTEND:20190201T160000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T153359Z DTSTART:20190201T143000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:First Friday Breakfast: Municipal Broadband in Colorado – What Come s Next? UID:RFCALITEM638473016393413859 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Many Colorado communities\, especially rura
l towns\, are frustrated by inadequate broadband communications in their a
rea\, arguing lack of service limits their ability to grow and support new
economic development. Despite these concerns\, local governments in our m
ore urban communities are investing and partnering in broadband to compete
regionally and globally.
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\nFrom the perspective of private
telecom firms\, it is not clear there is enough demand and funding to fina
ncially support the type of broadband many communities are asking for. Alt
hough Colorado law allows municipalities to vote to provide an option for
public provision of broadband services\, actually moving forward to implem
ent broadband has been challenging. More than 100 Colorado communities hav
e voted\, and state funds have now been allocated for broadband projects.<
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\nA panel of experts will discuss the current state of munici
pal broadband in Colorado &ndash\; the policy\, political\, economic and s
ocial issues to be addressed in 2019 and beyond.
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\n M
oderator:
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\nRandy Harrison
\nSenior Fellow\, S
PA Institute for Governance
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\nPanelists:
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\nJordan Beezley
\nBroadband Deployment Director\, Departme
nt of Regulatory Affairs\, State of Colorado
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\nDave Zelenok\nVice President/Manager\, Local Government Services\, HR Green\, Inc.
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\nOthers to be announced!