Small
Towns with Big Dreams:
T-Mobile
Announces the Next 25
Hometown
Grant Recipients
T-Mobile has committed $25M in funding
for small-town community developments projects over the next 5 years
BELLEVUE,
Wash. — December 7, 2021 — T-Mobile
(NASDAQ: TMUS) reveals the names of 25 more American small towns that will
receive Hometown Grants to jumpstart vital community projects. Created to help local
communities move forward on projects that build on the strengths that have
always made them great places to live and work, Hometown Grants are inspired by
the unique sense of place and deep pride that is so much a part of every small
town.
Here are the 25 Hometown Grant winners:
·
Aliquippa, Pa.: Build a recreational park at 3rd Ave
Park to provide a dedicated space for children to play safely.
·
Augusta, Maine: Public art project enabling partners to create
and display 25 uniquely painted fiberglass Sturgeons.
·
Beaver Falls,
Pa.: Create a
children's museum project to support equitable education.
·
Chillicothe, Mo.: Silver Moon Plaza beautification
project including outdoor amenities like park benches, streetscaping, trash
receptacles, bike racks and brick pavers.
·
Clovis, N.M.: A walking track for all at Clovis
Community College to be used by students, staff, and community members for
exercise year-around.
·
Cosmopolis,
Wash:
A park beautification project that is a cooperative effort between The Friends
of Highland Park and the City of Cosmopolis, which converts an outdated and
underutilized city park into an all-inclusive park with a focus on healthy,
creative, physical play, social and emotional opportunities, making it a
destination for everyone of all ages in our community.
·
Elizabeth City,
N.C.: Restore/reactivate a football field for
youth flag football and other community sports.
·
Ephraim, Utah: A park built for all, the city will transform
an old run-down playground into an all-abilities playground with features that will
be new, accessible, diverse, and cater to the recreational needs for all,
including those with disabilities.
·
Kennesaw, Ga.: Adding wheelchair accessible swings to a
community park to provide a play area for youth of all abilities.
·
Lander, Wyo.: To develop land that will become the future
Popo Agie River Park, reducing current park overcrowding and increasing outdoor
recreation opportunities for future generations.
·
Los
Alamos, N.M.:
The Los
Alamos Co-Op Park
is a creative greenspace project created by local co-ops for community
gathering and will feature a small performance stage and classroom for local
and regional safe, outdoor community use.
·
Marion, S.C.: Park enhancements to honor the legacy of Clementa Pinckney and the
victims of the Emanuel AME massacre with technology and education tie-in.
·
Mason City, Iowa: Massive
town beautification project including completion of an all-inclusive river walk.
·
Murray, Ky.: Downtown beautification of Imagination Alley and
court square including art murals and free wi-fi access.
·
Oak Harbor, Wash.: Re-building the lagoon dock, a community
gathering place in Windjammer Park, for year-around enjoyment and ADA
accessibility.
·
Pineville, Mo.: Continued development of a student chamber-led
entrepreneurial program for high school students to gain hands-on business
knowledge by marketing and operating their own coffee shop.
·
Port Royal, S.C.: Wetlands boardwalk, Amphitheater and
Observation deck; nice focus on natural resources.
·
Prestonsburg, Ky.: Revitalize square with art murals, ADA seating
and emergency sound system.
·
Saint Albans,
W.Va.: Saint
Albans Roadside Park wheelchair accessible merry-go-round installation.
·
Stuart, Va.: Addition of public wi-fi access to
primary business corridors within historic district.
·
Village of
Arcade, N.Y.: Construct ADA
restrooms for a park and softball field.
·
Village of
Wausaukee, Wis.: Community
Center library renovation.
·
Washington, N.J.: Build a community center to aid Habitat for Humanity.
·
West Bend, Wis.: Renovation
of 85-year-old Regner Park Beach House into a four-season, multipurpose
community facility.
·
Yates
Center, Kan.:
Renovate community center basement for expanded community and business
incubator use.
“All of us at T-Mobile
are so proud to support small towns with Hometown Grants,” said Jon Freier,
Executive Vice President of Consumer Group at T-Mobile. “From revitalizing a
historic theater to creating an arts and innovation incubator, building new
parks, renovating a shelter for abused women and their children, and so much
more, the first 25 Hometown Grant winners embarked on amazing and important
projects that will bring long-lasting benefits to the citizens of their towns.
We’re excited to see how the next 25 towns use Hometown Grants to improve their
communities.”
To select Hometown Grant recipients, T-Mobile worked with Main
Street America and Smart Growth America, two organizations that have decades of
experience helping build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural
communities. Together, they considered applications from small towns based on level
of detail and completeness, potential community impact, project viability and other
factors.
"The
25 towns selected to receive a T-Mobile Hometown Grant have committed to
investing in their downtowns, reimagining their public spaces, and providing
gathering spaces for all parts of their communities. SGA applauds these efforts
as we continue to support scores of towns and cities in rural places,” said
Smart Growth America’s President and CEO Calvin Gladney.
“These winning grant projects demonstrate the ingenuity and
dedication to community we’ve seen in Main Street towns for decades,” said Main
Street America’s President & CEO Patrice Frey. “We’re proud to work with
T-Mobile and Smart Growth America to support these grant recipients, and we’re
excited to see how their inspiring projects bring communities together in the
years to come.”
T-Mobile will announce new Hometown Grant recipients on a quarterly basis — every town in America that has a population
of fewer than 50,000 people and a vision for how to make their community even
stronger than it is today is encouraged to apply.
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