Kinetic’s nearly $1 million partnership will provide free Wi-Fi throughout Gatton Park
August 15 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Park Officials sign multi-year deal with Kinetic fiber
broadband provider for free internet access
- Complimentary Wi-Fi service throughout park will connect a
projected 1 million park visitors annually
- Kinetic the “Official Internet Provider of Gatton Park on the
Town Branch”
Downtown Lexington’s Gatton Park on the Town Branch will have
free public Wi-Fi provided by fiber-internet provider Kinetic in a
nearly $1 million, multi-year deal to be the park’s exclusive Wi-Fi
provider.
“The community experience will be heightened with our Kinetic
Wi-Fi connection,” said Kinetic Operations Senior Vice President
Barry Bishop. “In addition to Wi-Fi, visitors to the park will be
able to learn through their cellphone or tablet about the park’s
amenities, programs and ecology, or get directions to play areas,
bike racks or interactive water features. Park visitors will be
able to find the fastest route around the park or sit and enjoy
their Wi-Fi enabled devices.”
Kinetic will install and sustain Wi-Fi gateways (modems/routers)
throughout the park enabling free Wi-Fi availability throughout the
10-plus acres for the next decade.
“We’re excited that one of the nation’s most affordable and
reliable communications’ providers is partnering with us and making
this significant investment,” Gatton Park Executive Director
Allison Lankford said. She noted Kinetic would “power the entire
park site with high-quality Wi-Fi.”
“This infrastructure will help people connect and share
experiences, whether they’re schoolchildren learning about ecology
or festivalgoers or concertgoers enjoying performing arts and other
cultural experiences,” Lankford added.
The area is transforming acres of asphalt into a signature
downtown Lexington park. The park is expected to be completed in
2025. Just steps away from Rupp Arena, the park will feature a
4,500-capacity amphitheater, playground, water play, dog park,
gardens, public art, cafe and more.
“Free Wi-Fi access is something people now expect as a standard
part of the living experience wherever they go—and this will soon
include Gatton Park,” Lankford said. “The leading-edge technologies
Kinetic is providing will make sure Gatton Park will truly be a
21st century community gathering space where people connect and
share experiences.”
About Kinetic: Kinetic, a Windstream company, offers
fiber-based broadband to residential and small business customers
in 18 states. The company’s quality-first approach connects
customers to new opportunities and possibilities by delivering a
full suite of advanced communications services. Kinetic is one of
three brands managed by Windstream. The company also offers managed
cloud communications and security services to mid-to-large
enterprises and government entities across the U.S. as well as
customized wavelength and dark fiber solutions to carriers, content
providers and hyperscalers in the U.S. and Canada. Windstream is a
privately held company headquartered in Little Rock, Ark.
Additional information about Kinetic is available at
www.gokinetic.com or windstream.com.
Gatton Park on the Town Branch is being built by the
community for the community with private donations. Led by civic
leaders and philanthropists, Gatton Park is working to transform
acres of parking in the Manchester Parking Lot behind Rupp Arena
into an inviting, dynamic, fun and uncommonly beautiful green space
that will reflect the culture and spirit of Lexington. The park
will be funded, programmed and maintained through private donations
and grants.
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Megan Krtek