Cedar Falls Utilities / MCI / Rath Packing Company / Target Corporation / Union Pacific / AT&T / Sprint / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Event
Company Expansion / M&A / Bankruptcy / /
Facility
Cedar Falls Industrial Park / Crossroads Shopping Center / Waterloobased Covenant Medical Center / Target Corporation Distribution Center / Waterloo Administration Building / University of Northern Iowa / Covenant Medical Center / Sartori Memorial Hospital / Cedar Falls’ Industrial Park / Hawkeye Community College / Allen Memorial Hospital / Port Facilities / Port Facilities There / Waterloo North East Industrial Park / /
IndustryTerm
municipal communications system / lack fiber optic systems / performance management / voice and data signals / networked telephone system / speed Internet access / community-wide communications network / insurance / Internet services / machinery / natural gas / dial-up services / owned utilities / communications technology / technology hardware / television services / telecommunication services / electric utility infrastructure / computer telephone integration capabilities / municipal network / investor-owned utilities / outdated manufactured gas system / telecommunications plays / communications infrastructure / communications utilities / voice and data / cable television services / citywide municipal fiber optic network / highway systems / schools Internet access / retail / telecommunications services / fiber optic network / voice and data applications / communications service / communications equipment / healthcare / interactive communications network / fiber optic backbone network / transmission equipment / electricity / municipal communications network / fiber optics network / communications services / municipal area network / broadband communications network / fiber backbone network / copper network / high-speed Internet connections / bandwidth services / level services / telephone system / /
NaturalFeature
IOWA’S MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Telecommunications Services Cedar Falls / Cedar Valley / IOWA’S MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK POPULATION GROWTH Cedar Falls / Cedar Valley Aquifer / Waterloo-Cedar Falls / /
Organization
Covenant Medical Center / Upper Iowa University / Doris J. Kelley Telecommunications Coordinator Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities / Cedar Falls Board of Trustees / Area Education Agency / Waterloo / and Sartori Memorial Hospital / Cedar Falls City Council / Sartori Memorial Hospital / University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls Utilities Board of Trustees / Moody’s Investors Service / American Public Power Association / Distribution Services / and Hawkeye Community Business Center / Cedar Falls School District / Hawkeye Community College / Allen Memorial Hospital / Skilled Work Force / /
Person
John Rooff / Doris J. Kelley / /
Position
Mayor / model for public power communities / leader / writer / /
A Study of the Economic and Community Benefits of Cedar Falls, Iowa’s Municipal Telecommunications Network By