Business View Magazine | February 2019

328 same time,we took that platform to do automatic meter reading and management of the electric system.This year,we’re going to do the same thing with the meter reading of the water. So,we’ve got a platform of fiber to homes and businesses, but also a more efficient management of our utilities, so we can do a better job of providing quality service to our customers.” Auburn Essential Services (AES) is the community- owned and operated network that offers high- speed internet, television, point-to-point (private) data, voice, and data center co-location services to businesses and residential neighborhoods in Au- burn.AES and its fiber-based infrastructure provide many progressive services to the community—ulti- mately improving the economic development and quality of life in Auburn.“That’s the way our com- munity has always been-very progressive.And I’m very proud of that,” says Yoder. “This past year,we experienced our largest growth in our history,”notes Chris Schweitzer, General Man- ager of AES, adding,“What’s also unique is some of the partnerships we have.We’ve partnered with a neighboring municipal government–the City