When Kimley-Horn set its sights on the Pacific Northwest five years ago, the person to lead the effort was obvious. Jody Walker Belsick had made a name for herself in Las Vegas before joining the firm to launch offices there and in California.
Since the 2021 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, states have been prepping middle-mile broadband construction projects to help numerous communities with poor or little internet access get connected into expanding national and regional broadband networks.