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Our goal at T-Mobile is to be your hometown network
and be a part of your community for the long term.
Hometown Grants is a program
to support economic development projects
in small towns all across the country.
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The people of Moses Lake are a tight-knit community
that supports local and and supports small.
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The Obra Project is a business incubator,
and it's meant to help small businesses
that aren't sure if they can make a retail storefront work.
The Obra Project ended up being a space
that can hold five businesses,
very small spaces, just as if you were setting up
in a market or, you know, a vendor on a street,
but it's a permanent space.
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When we received the Hometown Grant,
we found some contractors, we were able to do the flooring,
and we were able to paint, and all of the furniture as well.
A Plus Woodshop, we didn't have a solid location,
we were working out of the home.
The Obra Project gave us a space
to kind of build relationships with our customers.
They could come in, see our work,
they would feel confident with doing orders with us.
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The Tree Fort Children's Museum started in 2018
to have a children's museum in town
for families to learn STEM.
A year ago, we were given the opportunity
to be inside this Obra Project
and have a physical space that families can come
and experience it every single day that they're open,
and it's free.
Without the Hometown Grant, we wouldn't be here.
This is a perfect opportunity
for anyone to be able to start a business
and to have the space to be able to do it in.
The Obra Project was a big moment
for our community as a whole.
We are just thrilled and everyday grateful
to have had this funding to make this possible.
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