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Worksheet #9: Community Anchor Institution Service Inventory The Washington State Broadband Office has set the goal that all community anchor institutions should have access to 1/1Gbps services by the year 2026. In order to meet this goal, it will be critical that we have good in- formation on the current level of services that these organizations are getting today. This worksheet can help create an inventory of your local CAIs and serve as a place to tabulate what you learn about their current ser- vices. Your team can use the Google Form titled, “Community Anchor Institution Survey” found in your team’s Google Drive folder (reach out to your regional coordinator for access) to send out to your local CAI’s to gather this data. Worksheet #10: Internet Service Provider Outreach Local Internet Service Providers are the current organizations providing internet services in your community. Your team can create a list of ISPs to reach out to and then send the Google Form titled “ISP Outreach Infor- mation” (reach out to your regional coordinator for access) to help gather information about the services and programs they may have in your community. 3. Broadband Infrastructure Needs Assessment Now that you and your team have reviewed the broadband base map and have collected your local asset data it’s time to take a look and identify areas that appear to be struggling with the infrastructure component to broadband access. You may notice from this data that there are areas that appear to be well-served, under- served, and unserved. Worksheet #11: Infrastructure Gaps On Our Community Broadband Map 4. Obstacles To Broadband Infrastructure Deployment From the conversations you’ve had with local leaders, Internet Service Providers, Utility Providers, and com- munity members. What do you perceive to be the obstacles to broadband infrastructure deployment in your community? Worksheet #12 gives you space to brainstorm as a team about what the barriers your area is facing to ubiquitous high-speed broadband. Worksheet #12: Obstacles To Broadband Infrastructure Deployment 5. Potential Paths Forward Through this process, you've likely learned a lot about the assets and challenges that exist within your com- munity. With this information, now your team can imagine potential paths forward for how to overcome those barriers to infrastructure access in your community. Worksheet #13 gives you and your team space to write down those potential paths forward. Worksheet #13: Potential Paths Forward For Broadband WRITING BROADBAND ACTION AND DIGITAL EQUITY PLANS 19