Broadband

Metro21 Executive Director Karen Lightman is a member of the Pennsylvania Broadband Innovation Consortium, a group of key partners including municipalities, anchor institutions, and industry across Pennsylvania coming together to propose a visionary and collective solution to address the infrastructure component of Pennsylvania's digital divide.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA) Connected initiative was a regional consortium that includes the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Allies for Children, and a diverse group of regional partners who worked to develop an equitable Connectivity Improvement Plan to provide affordable, reliable broadband internet access across the region.  This project concluded in March 2022.