1.Local Governments Expand Broadband by Investing and PartneringChristopher Mitchell Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative Institute for Local Self-Reliance February 5, 2014 @communitynetswww.MuniNetworks.org

2. Institute for Local Self-Reliance Formed in 1974 Focuses Local Banking Decentralized Energy Main Street Businesses Recycling Waste to Wealth Telecommunications asCommons Initiative MuniNetworks.org 3. 1 Gigabit Networks 4. MuniNetworks.org/communitymap 5. Approaches Already in Minnesota Partnerships with Coops Multi-town and Townships Joint Efforts Rings and Backbones Schools and Community Anchors Multiple Wireless Approaches Fiber to Businesses Full Fiber to the Home 6. Lac qui Parle 7. Cook Countywww.muninetworks.org 8. Sibley County (and Neighbors) 9. Fiber to Anchors, Businesses 10. Fiber to the Business 11. Municipal Fiber to the Home 12. Thank you Christopher Mitchell christopher@newrules.org MuniNetworks.org @communitynets Sign up for a once-per-week e-mail digest of Community Network News at MuniNetworks.org