Westerville in 2021: City eyes fiber-optics expansion, community center s completion
ThisWeek group
Possible expansion of the city’s fiber-optics system, economic development and redevelopment and welcoming residents back to the renovated and expanded community center are on tap in Westerville this year.
City Manager David Collinsworth said one of the things the city is going to take a hard look at is expansion of Westerville’s fiber-optics system, potentially doing a residentially based pilot project.
“It’s an area that we’re not sure we want to dabble in,” he said. “But we don’t know enough to say no yet. We’re trying to figure out what that might look like, how would it work, what are the economics behind it and what type of business model is needed in order to do a fiber-to-the-home type of initiative.