New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Multi GRAMMY Award Winner Vince Gill, Frontier Communications, DISH Network and CoBank will announce a new partnership as part of the America's Best Communities (ABC) campaign promoting investment to revitalize small towns and cities. The announcement takes place Thursday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. (CST) at the Country
Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn.
"We are excited to be represented at this event. We are even more thrilled to be collaborating on the ABC prize application. By working together, the team is coming up with creative solutions and defined goals"
Two representatives from Carbondale Main Street were randomly selected from among ABC applicants for an all-expense paid trip to Nashville, courtesy of Frontier Communications. Carbondale Main Street is partnering with the City of Carbondale, Carbondale Community Arts, and several locally owned and operated businesses to apply for the ABC prize. "We are excited to be represented at this event. We are even more thrilled to be collaborating on the ABC prize application. By working together, the team is coming up with creative solutions and defined goals," stated Meghan Cole, Executive
Director of Carbondale Main Street.
WHAT:
Gill, Frontier, DISH and CoBank will announce a partnership to grow local economies in small towns across the country. This innovative initiative will jumpstart plans and projects that build better communities throughout rural America.
Gill has been a longtime advocate for hardworking families in our nation's small towns. Frontier, DISH and CoBank are recognized as leading companies driving new development within rural communities across America.
WHO:
Vince Gill, Multi GRAMMY Award Winner
Maggie Wilderotter, Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications
Joe Clayton, DISH President and CEO
Bob Engel, CoBank CEO
WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. CST
Country
Music Hall of Fame's Ford Theater
222 5th Avenue South
Nashville, Tenn.
(615) 416-2001
VISUALS:
Gill, Frontier's Wilderotter, DISH's Clayton and CoBank's Engel will sit together in a comfortable setting on the Ford Theater's stage. They will share updates and insights about the $10M contest and its ability to positively impact small towns and rural communities.
WATCH ONLINE:
For those who cannot attend, the announcement will be streamed live online at www.americasbestcommunities.com at 10 a.m. (CST), on the day of the event. Following the event, at 12 p.m. (CST), Gill and the companies' CEOs will hold a conference call for reporters at 1-888-601-3862, with conference ID 1009830.
About Vince Gill
One of the most popular singers in modern country music,
Vince Gill is famous for his top-notch songwriting, world-class guitar playing and warm, soaring tenor, all wrapped up in a quick and easy wit. Since 1990, Gill has won 20 GRAMMY Awards and 18 Country
Music Association Awards. The CMA just honored Gill with its prestigious Irving Waugh Award of
Excellence which is awarded to an individual who is "the originator and caretaker of demonstrated ideas and actions that have dramatically broadened and improved country music's influence." Gill was also recently presented the BMI Icon Award. The Academy of Country
Music has conferred eight awards on Gill. Gill is a member of the Country
Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry. He is a member of the four-time Grammy-nominated band The Time Jumpers. Visit www.vincegill.com.
