3Com to Award Urban Challenge Grants to Five Cities

As part of the United States Conference of Mayors 69th Annual Meeting in Detroit, 3Com Corporation, in partnership with the Conference of Mayors, will formally present $500,000 in grants of networking products and technical services to the Mayors of five U.S. cities that won the company's Urban Challenge.

WHO:
Columbus, OH: Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Houston, TX: Mayor Lee P. Brown
Redmond, WA: Mayor Rosemarie M. Ives
Rochester, NY: Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr.
San Jose, CA: Mayor Ron Gonzales

The awards will be presented by Gwen McDonald, Senior Vice President of 3Com's Corporate Services.

WHEN:
Monday, June 25th, 2001; Awards Presentation at approximately 1:15pm

WHERE:
Cobo Convention Center, River View Room; One Washington Boulevard, Detroit MI

BACKGROUND:
3Com's Urban Challenge was first announced in July 1999 as an ongoing partnership with The United States Conference of Mayors. At The Conference's 69th Winter Meeting this past January, 3Com presented 10 awards to cities, totaling $1 million worth of products and services. Those ten winning cities were Atlanta, GA, Detroit, MI, Fort Worth, TX, Indianapolis, IN, Minneapolis, MN, Oakland, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Sandy City, UT, Troy, NY, and Vineland, NJ. With the announcement of these five award recipients, 3Com has to date contributed more than $2.5 million worth of technology-oriented goods and services to 25 cities across the nation.

The 3Com Urban Challenge helps to bridge the national Digital Divide by working directly with US Mayors to connect their communities and improve access to educational, health care, and other municipal resources. Through this program, 3Com will donate a total of $1 million annually in technology products, network design, and consulting services. The program has grown from 3Com's proven success in urban environments such as Boston and San Jose, Calif.

For more information visit 3Com's website at http://www.3com.com/urbanchallenge.

All press must register to gain access to Annual Meeting events. Advance registration is recommended. This can be done by phone by calling the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 861-6765 or by completing the press registration form on The Conference web site, usmayors.org/69thAnnualMeeting.

On site registrations will be accepted in the USCM pressroom at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, the headquarters hotel for the meeting. The USCM pressroom on site will be the Greco Room (telephone: (313) 568-8402).

CONTACT:
Jubi Headley, (202) 861-6766

The U. S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the Mayor.

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