Broadband for Business: A Path Forward for the Capital Region

For businesses across the Greater Sacramento region, the COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted concerns regarding businesses’ access to reliable and affordable broadband, as well as digital skills and training needed to thrive and function optimally. Valley Vision received a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to identify recommendations and create a roadmap for urban, suburban and rural areas in Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, and Yolo Counties.

The priorities set by the report, Broadband for Business: A Path Forward for the Capital Region, accelerate broadband adoption and implementation of cutting-edge internet-based tools and platforms for business operations and assist communities in economic recovery.

Valley Vision conducted various project activities, in order to develop a regional assessment of key findings and recommended strategies, tools, and resources, subdivided by pivotal stakeholders, such as:

• Connecting with regional Internet Service Providers to identify business internet service levels, and collaborate with regional stakeholders on local broadband and digital service needs;

• Conducting a business tier broadband gaps/needs analysis of future proof broadband services, digital and online tools, platforms, resources, and digital training to enable businesses to adopt and implement cutting-edge online business operations;

• Creating a first-ever overlaying of local mapping data for areas zoned for business uses with data from the California Public Utilities Commission showing locations with inadequate broadband service. 

Broadband for Business: A Path Forward for the Capital Region