Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Cell phone giant wants to put up 2 antennas

From: Marcelrf <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:22:10 -0500

Cell phone giant wants to put up 2 antennas

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

By Noé Hernandez
Staff Writer

The new sponsor of NASCAR's richest racing series is setting
up shop in Brooklyn.

Cellular phone gia

Cellular phone giant Nextel wants to mount two antennas on top of the
village's old water tower at Water and Monroe
streets for its customers at Michigan International Speedway, village
Manager Dale Cryderman said Monday.

"Nextel is particularly interested in their clients who will be race
fans," Cryderman said. "If Nextel is going to be a major
sponsor of NASCAR races, it just makes sense for them to
have a significant presence in the community."

Nextel sponsors the Nextel Cup Series, which pays the
winning NASCAR driver at least $4.25 million at the end of the
series. It replaced Winston as title sponsor of the series.

On Monday, the Village Council authorized Cryderman to
negotiate and implement an agreement with Nextel to set up a
temporary tower on village property on the west end of Detroit
Street.

Currently, only Centennial Wireless has antennas on top of the
old water tower.

Under the proposed agreement, Nextel would pay the village
between $10,000 and $15,000 a year for the antennas and a
permanent building next to the tower for technical equipment.

Cryderman said the council may consider a long-term
agreement with Nextel in April.

Sara Pingel, a village resident, said the service may help
some of her college friends stay in touch with their relatives.

Pingel said her friends lose their cell phone service when they
visit her in Brooklyn.

"My friends could probably contact their parents and tell them
they're OK," Pingel said during a visit to the Brooklyn branch
of the Jackson District Library.

Kathy Covell, a library assistant who lives about 10 miles from
the village, said she wouldn't want a cell phone tower behind
her home in Cambridge Township.

"It's OK, but I don't want it in my back yard," Covell said.

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