T-Mobile’s Hometown Grants Program Delivers Nearly $18M in Lasting Change Across 400 Communities
17 Junho 2025 - 10:32AM
Business Wire
The Un-carrier powers progress in small towns
nationwide with 25 new recipients joining the list, supporting
projects from adaptive playgrounds to historic downtown
revitalizations
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today unveiled the next 25 towns to
receive a Hometown Grant, bringing the total to 400 recipients
since the Un-carrier kicked off its five-year commitment to small
towns and rural communities in April 2021. Each town will get up to
$50,000 to help fund local projects that bring new life to their
communities.
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T-Mobile has now given nearly $18 million in Hometown Grants to
400 communities across 48 states and Puerto Rico. The program
unites people to make their communities even stronger and has
generated more than 160,000 volunteer hours and created 1,270 jobs
to date.
“With Hometown Grants helping over 2.4 million people so far,
the program continues to deliver on our commitment to small towns
and rural communities,” said Jon Freier, President, T-Mobile
Consumer Group. “Whether it’s powering smart classrooms, restoring
main streets or enhancing public spaces, we’re helping communities
build a stronger, more connected future — and there’s so much more
ahead.”
Here are the next 25 Hometown Grant recipients and their
projects:
- Clarkdale, Ariz.: Create a vibrant, first-of-its-kind
placemaking destination by displaying museum artifacts in show
windows on Main Street to attract tourists, enhance community
gatherings and valorize an entire town's history and future.
- Reedley, Calif.: Renovate the aging stage at the
historic, 120-year-old Reedley Opera House to expand access to the
arts, support youth development and help revitalize downtown
Reedley — transforming the Opera House into a safer, more vibrant
hub for cultural connection and community engagement — and ensuring
the building remains open and active as a cherished venue for live
performances.
- Paonia, Colo.: Transform an underutilized backlot at the
Blue Sage Center for the Arts into Sage Alley, a multi-use space
for performances, workshops and community gatherings.
- Franklin, Conn.: Refurbish the historic Lebanon Road
Schoolhouse’s exterior and interior to be used as an educational
community center.
- Okeechobee, Fla.: Add wheelchair-accessible playground
equipment to Kiwanis Park, creating an inclusive play space for
children of all abilities.
- Carbondale, Ill.: Improve connectivity and safety
between Southern Illinois University and downtown Carbondale by
installing wayfinding signage along the Downtown-Campus Connector
multi-use path and installing new decorative alleyway lighting to
make downtown safer, more welcoming and more accessible for
students, residents and visitors alike.
- Freeport, Ill.: Transform a vacant lot in the retail
district into a multi-functional pocket park driving retail and
dining visitation, upper-story residential development and
promoting downtown as the place to be.
- North Manchester, Ind.: Create a dedicated outdoor
pavilion space and mobile kitchen at the North Manchester Public
Library to promote food education programs, healthy eating and
teach nutrition lesson to children, teens, new parents and older
adults within the community.
- Winchendon, Mass.: Complete the final phase of The Hub —
a former bowling alley turned youth-run café, social service agency
and community center — adding an ADA-accessible indoor/outdoor
classroom with community murals to amplify youth voices, expand
access, and foster wellbeing, economic development and civic
pride.
- Castine, Maine: Develop a community park from an open
meadow, adding a winding pathway, a children's story walk and
native plantings, creating a community destination that is family
and visitor-friendly, takes advantage of river views and enhances
community engagement, events and quality of life.
- Brunswick, Maine: Revitalize the outdoor space at
Tedford Housing’s new emergency shelter facility in Brunswick,
creating a vibrant mural and interactive playground to promote
healing, resilience and belonging.
- Mapleton, Minn.: Invest in a Child Care House from
Business of Child Care, a turnkey solution that combines a physical
site with startup support to expand local childcare services.
- Webb City, Mo.: Create the Discovery Bus — Webb City
School District’s mobile STEM lab — to deliver hands-on, innovative
STEM experiences to students and the community, ensuring equitable
access to STEM education to prepare students for future careers in
science, technology, engineering and math.
- Kirksville, Mo.: Revamp an underutilized outdoor
concrete space at the Adair County Family YMCA into a
family/community recreational space, dedicated to promoting health
and wellness programs for all generations.
- Laurel, Miss.: Renovate the Trustmark Art Park, adding
durable play equipment, fencing and drought protection measures for
the park’s historic live oak trees, enhancing safety and
environmental sustainability for the community.
- Evergreen, Mont.: Install a veteran’s memorial at the
North West Montana Veterans Stand Down food pantry and community
center, recognizing military service veterans and increasing
awareness of existing community outreach programs for veterans and
the community.
- Searchlight, Nev.: Build a shade structure at the
Searchlight Community Garden, protecting plants from the desert sun
to continue to provide residents with affordable access to fresh
fruit and vegetables and mitigate the effects of living in a food
desert.
- Cottage Grove, Ore.: Renovate the Humane Society of
Cottage Groves This and That Thrift Shop, updating electrical
panels and wiring to reduce potential fire hazards and continue to
be a source of vital funding for all our animal welfare
programs.
- Meadville, Penn.: Transform an empty lot into an
aesthetically pleasing and active parklet to create a gateway into
downtown and enhance access to The Arc Community Greenspace through
community collaboration.
- Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Revitalize an unused alleyway,
Railroad Alley, into a safe pedestrian walkway dedicated for use as
a community recreation space that will promote economic
opportunities and community togetherness in the downtown area.
- St. Stephen, S.C.: Create The Sheds on Main, an unused
empty lot transformed into a vibrant community park and business
incubator space for community events, fostering social connections,
supporting local economic growth and revitalizing St. Stephen’s
Main Street as a cultural and social hub.
- Jasper, Tenn.: Install solar powered charging benches in
the Jasper historic Courthouse Square and library, enabling
citizens to stay connected near outdoor community hubs and
gathering spaces.
- La Grange, Texas: Build a new food court and seating
area at the Fayette County Fairgrounds, allowing the fair to
continue serving its visitors during events for years to come.
- South Padre Island, Texas: Launch Sea Turtle Inc.’s
mobile conservancy outreach vehicle to bring our mission of
conservation, education and rehabilitation of endangered sea
turtles directly to communities across the Rio Grande Valley which
will provide hands-on learning experiences in schools, public
spaces and underserved areas, helping inspire environmental
stewardship and deepen community understanding of sea turtle
conservation.
- Viroqua, Wis.: Install a comprehensive signage and kiosk
system throughout Vernon Trails, featuring seven trailhead kiosks
and 80 wayfinding signs across three heavily used trail networks
and 18-hole disc golf course to improve safety, accessibility and
navigation while reinforcing Vernon County’s outdoor recreation
identity.
T-Mobile teams up with Main Street America — a nonprofit
organization that works to advance shared prosperity, create
resilient economies and improve quality of life through place-based
economic development and community preservation — to bring Hometown
Grants to life. Grant applications are reviewed based on their
level of detail, community impact, feasibility and other
considerations.
“Small towns are continually shaping the conversation around
what community-driven change looks like, and the T-Mobile Hometown
Grants program is helping amplify their impact,” said Erin Barnes,
President and CEO of Main Street America. “This kind of investment
empowers local leaders to turn their long-held visions into
tangible, lasting change.”
T-Mobile’s Ongoing Commitment to Small Towns
T-Mobile's Hometown Grants commitment goes beyond community
development programs. The Un-carrier has awarded nearly $5.3
million through Hometown Grants to community-led projects that
strengthen small business ecosystems, from the revitalization of
farmers markets to the development of business incubators and main
street placemaking enhancements. In addition to Hometown Grants,
T-Mobile is focused on making sure no community gets left behind,
with initiatives like:
- Project 10Million: Offers free internet connectivity and
mobile hotspots to eligible student households to help close the
digital divide.
- Friday Night 5G Lights: A competition that’s
gearing up for its second year to give one deserving high school a
game-changing football field makeover. Pre-register now.
- T-Mobile Home Internet, Business Internet and
T-Mobile Fiber: The Un-carrier offers affordable and
reliable broadband options designed to deliver value and choice for
homes and businesses across the US.
- T-Satellite with Starlink: T-Mobile's
satellite-to-mobile network that automatically connects to existing
phones is currently in beta and available free for customers until
commercial service launches in July. The service aims to eliminate
dead zones, keeping people connected nearly anywhere they can see
the sky. Join the beta today.
As the country’s largest and fastest 5G network, T-Mobile is all
about keeping small towns and rural areas connected.
For more information about T-Mobile's commitment to small towns,
visit www.t-mobile.com/hometowngrants. And to see how Hometown
Grants are creating change, go here.
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latest company updates.
About Main Street America
Main Street America leads a collaborative movement with partners
and grassroots leaders that advances shared prosperity, creates
resilient economies, and improves quality of life through
place-based economic development and community preservation in
downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts across the country.
For more than 40 years, Main Street America has helped to build
economic power in downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts
through our signature Main Street Approach™ framework. Founded as
the National Main Street Center® in 1980, Main Street America has
helped to generate over $107.62 billion in local reinvestment,
rehab 335,675 buildings, create 782,059 new jobs, and start 175,323
new businesses in over 2,000 communities. Learn more about Main
Street America here.
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