The city of Ruston has plenty of good reasons to pursue building and operating a new fiber optic broadband network that would allow it to offer residential internet service.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has rejected a pair of recommendations from the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission that opponents said could have allowed commercial encroachment into two north Ruston neighborhoods.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen has hired a Washington, D.C. consulting firm to do the feasibility study to take the next step in the city’s quest to offer broadband residential internet service.
Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker is urging residents who want a new home internet option to come to Monday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting and participate in a public hearing that’s the next step in the city’s quest for permission to offer residential broadband service.
Plans to build a city skatepark at the old municipal pool site in Ruston have been in the works for several years, and now fundraising efforts are ramping up to make the project a reality.
