Greater Iowa City convenes countywide digital infrastructure workgroup

Sep 10, 2026

Greater Iowa City told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 10 it has convened a Digital Infrastructure Workgroup to draft guiding principles for local digital-infrastructure ordinances, with recommendations expected by early 2027.

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Mackenzie DeRue, vice president of advocacy and external relations at Greater Iowa City, told the Board of Supervisors that the organization is serving as a neutral convener for a countywide Digital Infrastructure Workgroup that met for the first time in July. "A primary goal of the Digital Infrastructure Workgroup is to develop guiding principles that local jurisdictions may use when creating digital infrastructure ordinances," DeRue said, and she said the group will meet monthly and aims to formulate recommendations by early 2027.

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