Built to Last: Affordability, Agency, and Community Benefit

Session details:

• ⁠Broadband's lingering challenge: translating historic infrastructure investments into affordable and sustainable connectivity for all communities
• How lasting progress depends on communities having informed agency in the decisions that affect them
• From broadband to data centers, the growing importance of securing tangible community benefits from major infrastructure investments ⁠
• The role of community benefit agreements, public broadband models, and local oversight shaping how infrastructure investments deliver value over time