The Un-carrier gives more than $1 Million to
the next round of winners as part of its mission to support
community development projects
In April 2021, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced T-Mobile
Hometown Grants, a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the
people and organizations that help small towns across America
thrive and grow. Since the program’s start, T-Mobile has given more
than $4.4 million dollars to kickstart 100 community development
projects across 36 states, including the latest grant winning
recipients. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
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Revitalized Downtowns, Greenspace
Projects and Community Centers: T-Mobile Presents 25 Hometown
Grants to Help Small Towns Thrive (Graphic: Business Wire)
Here are the next 25 Hometown Grant winners and their
projects:
- South Lake Tahoe, Calif.: Envision Ski Run Park. A
community-led project to create a brand-new gathering place for
kids and families that will feature an iconic play structure, a
climbing boulder, a plaza, mural wall, and a large community
table.
- Adel, Iowa: Beautify Pedal Plaza, including seating,
shade structures, landscaping and a musical flower art installment
to promote community walkability and gathering.
- Lansing, Iowa: Redevelop the Lansing Community Plaza in
the historic Downtown District, to include a mural, canopy,
landscaping, lighting, benches and new cement surfaces.
- Marshalltown, Iowa: Reconstruct downtown State Street,
including enhancements to landscaping and safety and accessibility
infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, damaged after the 2018
EF-3 tornado disaster.
- Hutchinson, Kan.: Renovate the Hutchinson Zoo with the
addition of a Nature Play themed playground, including a splash
river and greenspace to provide a dedicated and inclusive play
space for children of all abilities.
- Columbia, Ky.: Build a multi-use arena on the Adair
County Fairgrounds to host community and student 4-H agricultural
education events.
- West Point, Ky.: Renovate Veterans Park Pavilion along
the Ohio River to help revive and increase tourism in the historic
district area.
- Chelsea, Mich.: Transform the brick-and-mortar Chelsea
District Library with the addition of the “Mobile CDL” – a library
on wheels, that will not only deliver books, but be outfitted with
connectivity devices, programs, mobile office solutions, and Wi-Fi
to increase accessibility to technology resources within the
community.
- Oxford, Mich.: Support the refinishing of the back
section of one of the four quadrants of the Oxford downtown area
and provide additional activities to the area.
- Howard Lake, Minn.: Construct a community library
facility to provide vital connectivity resources such as public-use
computers and Wi-Fi, tele-commuter conference room and a soft
interview space for the local police department.
- Nixa, Mo.: Expand the John Thomas School of Discovery
Gardens program, to include a vertical aeroponic gardening system,
providing sustainability and entrepreneurial agriculture education
to youth and produce resources to the local food pantry.
- Poplar Bluff, Mo.: Construct the Wolf Creek Connector
Trail, a trail connecting the Wolf Creek Trail, Shelby Road Trail,
and the Mark Twain National Forest, creating safe and accessible
infrastructure for residents to enjoy outdoor activities.
- Minden, Nev.: Transform the historic Copeland Lumber
building into an Arts Center to include an art gallery, performance
venue and artisan store to strengthen arts and culture within the
community.
- Salem, Ohio.: Revitalize and beautify McCulloch Park to
attract downtown visitors and provide a space for community
gathering and events.
- Altus, Okla.: Provide a multipurpose facility for Dream
Big Project Management mentor program, which will include
connectivity resources and a training space for youth and young
adult development.
- Oil City, Pa.: Revitalize the 5th floor of the historic
100 Seneca at Cornplanter Square with a co-working and maker space,
outfitted with technology and artist equipment such as large format
and 3-D printers, sewing machines and more to support an
entrepreneurial business innovation center.
- Lock Haven, Pa.: Transform Fallon Alley to promote
walkability, support local businesses with a digital kiosk and
provide a solar phone charging station for needed
connectivity.
- Abbeville, S.C.: Renovate the Abbeville Civic Center to
use as a multi-faceted community space, making ADA accessible
upgrades for the entire community to enjoy.
- Lawrenceburg, Tenn.: Modernize the Lawrence County
Senior Center with structural and ADA accessibility upgrades to
continue to serve the community with meals, programs and more.
- Mooresburg, Tenn.: Relocate Mooresburg Community
Association (MCA) and its Community Center to a more accessible and
safer location, making needed structural and ADA accessibility
renovations to enable MCA to continue to provide social
connections, healthy meals and other critical services to older and
disabled residents in the community.
- Falfurrias, Texas: Build “The Quarter” – the area’s
first community park – complete with food truck accessibility,
public seating and a stage for local musicians to foster local
connections and increase community vibrance.
- Staunton, Va.: Expand Staunton Community Garden Park, a
vibrant garden oasis that serves as an affordable food source and
recreation area for locals.
- College Place, Wash.: Complete Lions Park renovation – a
vital hub for the community – to include new electrical and
lighting throughout the grounds.
- Newport, Wash.: Revitalize the Pend Oreille Playhouse
community theater, with upgrades to the box office, signage and
HVAC system.
- Waupaca, Wis.: Launch "The Lawn,” a creative greenspace
project in the heart of downtown to be used for events and
community gathering.
“With one year since T-Mobile launched Hometown Grants, I
continue to be amazed by the extraordinary projects that small
towns are creating with our support,” said Jon Freier, President,
Consumer Group at T-Mobile. “As the Un-carrier, I am proud of our
deep commitment to investing in communities across the country, and
I’m excited to see what this next round of winners will
accomplish.”
Hometown Grants are provided every quarter to up to 25 towns.
Every small town with a population of less than 50,000 people with
a vision for how to make their community even stronger than it is
today are eligible and encouraged to apply.
To select Hometown Grant recipients, T-Mobile works with Main
Street America and Smart Growth America, two organizations that
have decades of experience helping to build stronger, more
prosperous small towns and rural communities. Together, the
organizations assess applications based on level of detail and
completeness, potential community impact, project viability and
other factors.
"The T-Mobile Hometown Grants provided to these communities
represent a commitment to investing in historic assets, community
gathering places, and the expansion of facilities and technologies
for residents,” said Smart Growth America’s President and CEO
Calvin Gladney. “Smart Growth America applauds these efforts as we
continue to support scores of towns and cities in rural
places."
“We’re proud to work with T-Mobile and Smart Growth America to
support these innovative projects in rural communities across the
country,” said Main Street America’s President and CEO Patrice
Frey. “These grant recipients represent the creativity and passion
for place we’ve long seen in Main Street communities, and we are
excited to see how the projects positively impact these areas in
the coming years.”
Commitment to Rural America
Hometown Grants are part of the Un-carrier’s massive 5-year
commitment announced in April 2021 to bring 5G to rural America,
open hundreds of new stores and support economic development in
small towns by providing $25 million in funding.
In addition, the Un-carrier unleashed T-Mobile Home Internet,
wireless home broadband available to more than 40 million
households – including more than 13 million households in rural
areas – across the country. Just last month, T-Mobile unveiled
Internet Freedom, tackling pain points that have plagued the
broadband industry for years. T-Mobile is making it easier for
broadband customers to break up with Big Internet, lock in their
price with massive savings, and feel appreciated with great deals
every Tuesday.
It’s all part of T-Mobile’s goal to ensure that all Americans —
from big cities to small towns and rural communities across the
U.S. — have access to all the latest products, services and
technology.
For full details on how to submit a proposal for Hometown
Grants, visit https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/hometown-grants.
For more information on past Hometown Grant recipients, visit
the T-Mobile Newsroom here, here and here.
For more information about T-Mobile's commitment to small towns,
visit T-Mobile.com/AcrossAmerica.
Follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay
up to date with the latest company news.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged
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
subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by
T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit:
https://www.t-mobile.com.
About Main Street America
Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and
historic commercial districts for over 40 years. Today, it is a
network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities, rural and
urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building
stronger communities through preservation-based economic
development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program
have leveraged more than $89.57 billion in new public and private
investment, generated 687,321 net new jobs and 154,435 net new
businesses, and rehabilitated more than 303,836 buildings. Main
Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street
Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. For more information, visit www.mainstreet.org.
About Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America envisions a country where no matter where
you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is
healthy, prosperous, and resilient. We empower communities through
technical assistance, advocacy, and thought leadership to realize
our vision of livable places, healthy people, and shared
prosperity. https://smartgrowthamerica.org/.
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