Connect Superior hosts in-person open houses

Connect Superior is hosting its first in-person open houses Thursday, June 17, at the Superior Public Library.

Masks are required when entering the building.

People can attend sessions at noon or 7 p.m. to ask questions about the initiative to create a broadband utility in the city.

Under the proposal, the city would create an open-access fiber optic network across the city that would provide subscribers faster, cheaper internet. Internet service providers would be able to compete over the municipal network to keep costs down.

For more information, visit connectsuperior.com .

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