Through its many outreach and planning efforts throughout the state, the PSC's Wisconsin Broadband Office encourages broadband development and deployment by certifying local communities as being Broadband Forward!. A Broadband Forward! Community Certification signals that a local unit of government has taken steps to reduce obstacles to broadband infrastructure investment. The PSC has created a model ordinance that satisfies the minimum requirements under
Wis. Stat. § 196.504 to assist communities in this effort. Per Wis. Stat. § 196.504(9)(b), “if the commission develops a model ordinance under par. (a) and a political subdivision enacts a different ordinance that complies with sub. (5), the political subdivision shall, when applying for certification under sub. (4), provide the commission with a written statement that describes the ordinance and how the ordinance differs from the model ordinance.” If the political subdivision determines that the ordinance is the same (other than non-substantive stylistic differences) as the model ordinance, the political subdivision should make a note to that effect in the written statement.
Apply
here for Broadband Forward! Certification
Broadband Forward! Certified Communities
The following communities have received Broadband Forward! certification:
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Town of Clam Falls
Village of Kronenwetter
Iowa County
City of Thorp
Town of Farmington (La Crosse County)
Town of Dunbar
Village of Cambria
Town of Knapp
Door County
Town of Russell (Bayfield County)
Town of Bear Bluff
Town of Land O' Lakes
Town of Stephenson
City of Fennimore
Buffalo County
Town of Berry Town of Milton (Buffalo County) Town of Liberty Grove Town of Eureka Town of King Town of Brigham Polk County Village of Pardeeville Town of Watertown Town of St. Croix Falls Town of Anson Town of Trade Lake Town of West Sweden Town of Sugar Creek Town of Cloverland (Douglas County) Sawyer County | Washburn County Town of Athelsane Bayfield County Jefferson County Town of Calumet Town of Presque Isle Price County City of Dodgeville Town of Poygan Village of Bowler Town of Warren (St. Croix County) Town of Omro Lafayette County Town of Viroqua Town of Franklin (Vernon County) Town of Remington Town of Winneconne Town of Mondovi Dunn County Town of Holland (Sheboygan County) Town of Almena Town of Mosel Town of Lyons Village of Ferryville Town of Prairie Farm Taylor County Town of Sand Creek Town of Cedar Lake Town of Sherry Town of Cross |
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Broadband Forward Map
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Contact Information
For further information about the application process for Broadband Forward! Certification or for any questions about the Broadband Forward! Community Model Ordinance, please contact Jaron McCallum at Jaron.McCallum@wisconsin.gov or (608)
267-2160.
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