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# Important Resources for Broadband and Planning
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- Published: 2014-09-16T14:17:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:31:02.000Z
- Description: SPRINGFIELD, Mass., September 16, 2014 – Below are several links of interest to professionals involved in broadband planning: PLANNING RESOURCES “Partnership for a Connected Illinois and Internet Expansion in Illinois 1996 to 2011,” By Drew Clark and Layton Olson, Spring 2012, American Planning Asso
- Author: Drew Clark
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., September 16, 2014 – Below are several links of interest to professionals involved in broadband planning:

- PLANNING RESOURCES  
  - “Partnership for a Connected Illinois and Internet Expansion in Illinois 1996 to 2011,” By Drew Clark and Layton Olson, Spring 2012, [American Planning Association, Spring 2012](https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjb21tdW5pdHlkYXNoYm9hcmR8Z3g6MTIxNzMxZmMzM2QwNWQwOQ&ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), or [APA Resource Page](http://intergovernmental.homestead.com/newsletters.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)
  - “Broadband Infrastructure: Should Local Government Be Involved in Expanding Infrastructure?” By John M. Janson AICP.  
  [http://utah-apa.org/uploads/files/285\_Utah\_Planner\_2014-4.pdf](http://utah-apa.org/uploads/files/285%5FUtah%5FPlanner%5F2014-4.pdf?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)
- CASE STUDIES  
  - “Onlight Aurora, Most Advanced Illinois Gigabit Communities Awardee, Shows How to Leverage Its Fiber Network,” [BroadbandBreakfast.com, November 5, 2013](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/onlight-aurora-most-advanced-illinois-gigabit-communities-awardee-shows-how-to-leverage-its-fiber-network/)
  - “Illinois Announces Fourth Major Gigabit Network, to Frontier Communications Serving Southern Illinois University Area,” [BroadbandBreakfast.com, August 26, 2013](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/illinois-announces-fourth-major-gigabit-network-to-frontier-communications-serving-southern-illinois-university-area/)
- STATE BROADBAND INITIATIVES  
  - [Virginia](http://www.wired.virginia.gov/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) (Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance)
  - [Illinois](http://broadbandillinois.org/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) (Partnership for a Connected Illinois)
  - [Utah](http://broadband.utah.gov/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) (State of Utah Broadband Planning Office)
- OTHER RESOURCES  
  - “Rural Telecommunications Congress Members Release Report on 50 State Broadband Initiative Entities,” [BroadbandBreakfast.com, April 10, 2014](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/rural-telecommunications-congress-members-release-report-on-50-state-broadband-initiative-entities/)
  - Rural Telecommunications Congress Report on “Successful State Broadband Program,” [BroadbandBreakfast.com, April 2013 (PDF)](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/content/files/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20-states-bb-data-table-attibutes-of-successful-state-broadband-programs.pdf)