One of These 10 Small Towns is About to Win Big. Meet the T-Mobile Hometown Techover Finalists.
July 15 2021 - 10:07AM
Business Wire
From Guadalupe, Calif. in the West all the way
to Wareham, Mass. in the East, these 10 small towns make the finals
in T-Mobile’s Hometown Techover: a community-wide tech upgrade
valued at more than $3 million
It techs a village. This past April, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS)
unveiled a contest to win a T-Mobile Hometown Techover — a $3
million tech makeover for an American small town, including a
$200,000 grant, 5G network enhancements, a Little League® baseball
field refurbishment, a free concert featuring multi-platinum duo
Florida Georgia Line … and so much more. The chosen town will
become the 5G model for communities across the U.S., showcasing the
power of the country’s largest, fastest and most reliable 5G
network — T-Mobile’s. Thousands entered, and 10 extraordinary
communities representing the heart of small-town America were
selected as finalists:
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- Borough of Stroudsburg, Pa.
is nestled in the Poconos and home to a historic downtown filled
with small businesses that are the heart of the economy.
- Dunn, N.C. is a beautiful
small town in central North Carolina with a walkable downtown and
nurtures tourism with small businesses and museums.
- Girard, Kan. is a town in
southeastern Kansas with dedicated teachers who want to help
improve their students’ connectivity.
- Guadalupe, Calif. located
on the Central California coast near the famous Guadalupe-Nipomo
Dunes, has an economy dependent on the surrounding farms that feed
America.
- Hopkinsville, Ky. a
charming southern agricultural community with one of the most
diverse populations in Kentucky, neighbors the Fort Campbell Army
installation.
- Kalispell, Mont. is one of
the fastest-growing small cities in the United States located in
northwest Montana and is known for its incredible outdoor
recreation and proximity to Glacier National Park.
- Tipton, Ind. has a high
concentration of veterans within its community and is honoring them
with Hometown Hero banners displayed on their downtown
streetlamps.
- Wareham, Mass. is a diverse
New England town situated just outside Cape Cod on picturesque
Buzzards Bay. The economy is rooted in the fishing and agriculture
industries and bolstered by tourism, manufacturing and
commerce.
- Washington, Mo. is a
growing community nestled along the Missouri River that serves as
the retail and industrial development hub of the county.
- Woodstock, Ill. listed on
the National Register of Historic Places, is a diverse city known
for its historic downtown district and turn-of-the-century town
square.
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“It’s time to celebrate the small towns at the very heart of our
country,” said Jon Freier, Executive Vice President of T-Mobile's
Consumer Group. “As the 5G leader, we’re committed to helping
bridge the digital divide and getting rural America as
well-connected as Big City USA. This three-million-dollar Hometown
Techover is just one example of how we’ll get to work … and it’s
just the beginning.”
A panel of judges from T-Mobile and Smart Growth America will
determine a winner based on project feasibility, the town’s need
for a network upgrade, and town leadership interest and engagement.
Later this summer, one of the 10 finalist towns will be crowned the
T-Mobile Hometown Techover winner, but in typical T-Mobile style,
the remaining nine finalists will not go home empty-handed. The
finalists will each get $50,000 to help jump-start or complete a
project in their community, too!
The grand prize-winning town will score a mass of tech goods and
services for the community-as-a-whole as well as individual
households, worth more than $3 MILLION. Among the goodness:
- Community Grant: A $200,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant and
consulting services from Smart Growth America
- Play Ball: Little League® field refurbishment including
a tech upgrade and T-Mobile Little League Call Up Grant
support
- Public Space Tech Upgrade: An Un-carrier style upgrade
to a public space like a library, community center or town
square
- Access to T-Mobile Resources: Concierge enrollment in
T-Mobile’s Project 10 Million and Connecting Heroes programs
- And last, but certainly not least, the bash of all
bashes!: A FREE concert this fall for the winning town with
18-time chart-topping, multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line
America’s 5G Leader
The winning Techover town is going to be the 5G model for
everyone else. But even if you are not in the Techover winning town
the Un-carrier’s 5G now covers 300 million people with Extended
Range 5G! T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G is expanding at an
incredible pace and now covers 150 million people across the
country, with plans to cover 200 million people nationwide this
year. Ultra-Capacity 5G can deliver blazing fast 5G speeds in more
places than anyone else, with average download speeds of 325 Mbps
with peaks of 1 Gbps, while Extended Range 5G is great for
blanketing the country including rural and remote areas. T-Mobile’s
5G network spans 1.6 million square miles — that’s nearly 2x more
coverage than AT&T and 4x more than Verizon — and the
Un-carrier keeps widening its lead.
#5GforAll
T-Mobile Hometown Techover is just one of the many initiatives
underscoring T-Mobile’s commitment to rural America. The
Un-carrier’s pledge includes free 5G phones with any working
trade-in, amazing deals on plans, a new broadband option for 10
million rural households — T-Mobile Home Internet — and a
commitment to build hundreds of new stores and create 7,500 new
jobs supporting the wireless needs of communities across rural
America. T-Mobile is also committing $25 million to small town
grants during the next five years to help fund community
development projects in rural areas across the country to help
jumpstart stalled projects and get new ones off the ground. More
than just bringing wireless, T-Mobile wants to be part of the
community and help small towns thrive.
For more information about T-Mobile's commitment to small towns,
visit T-Mobile.com/AcrossAmerica.
For full details of the T-Mobile Hometown Techover, head
here.
Follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay
up to date with the latest company news.
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based on independent analysis of average speeds from mobile
measurements recorded during the period December 15, 2020 – March
14, 2021 © 2021 Opensignal Limited.
About T-Mobile
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Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its
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