T-Mobile announced last week the Aumsville was awarded a $22,316 Hometown Grant to help build Maude’s, a tiny business village now under construction in Porter-Boone Park.
“City staff works hard to find ways to accomplish our community goals, implement the city’s vision, and expand or continue services for the community that extend the city resources and do not negatively impact residents,” said Ron Harding, Aumsville city administrator. “Grants like the T-Mobile grant really make a difference because they help us accomplish these things.
“We were especially excited to get this grant to help with Maude’s, because this is a project we want to complete before next season,” he added.
Aumsville was one of 24 small towns nationwide to win a Hometown Grant to jumpstart community development projects. T-Mobile has committed $25 million to small town grants over the next five years.
Mayor Derek Clevenger said, “Aumsville is grateful for T-Mobile’s grant funds which will enable the community’s vision come true. Maude’s will provide a facility for the community to use for programs and business during the summer market season. We’re so excited to complete Maude’s.”
Maude’s will serve multi-purposes, but is primarily designated to provide a group of micro-retail spaces that will allow vendors to rent a space and use without having to set up and take down each month of the summer markets, Harding said.
“The grant will help us continue to improve the location, add landscaping, signage and electricity to the building,” he said. “We are almost complete with the building outside. We need to complete landscaping, painting and flashing.”
Harding said with a grant like T-Mobile’s, the city can typically leverage money to go so much further because we can include in-kind match and use one grant to leverage others. Thank you, T-Mobile.”
