A rendering shows what the new Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom subdivision in Aurora will look like when it is completed. An Aurora City Council committee has recommended spending additional money to build a city-owned fiber route to the new Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom subdivision in the city.
NTI is one of the regular fiber providers the city uses to build onto its OnLight Aurora fiber network. The subdivision has received a lot of attention because it will be a “smart neighborhood,” the first affordable, net zero energy subdivision in the country, developers have said. The fiber connection is necessary for many of the energy-efficient applications in the subdivision, and Michael Pegues, Aurora’s Information Technology director, said originally officials planned to lease fiber space from Kane County.