What are Lift Zones?
Comcast announced a multiyear program to launch more than 1,000 WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” in community centers nationwide to help students get online, participate in distance learning, and do their homework.
This initiative will provide free hotspot connectivity. Providing access to hundreds of hours of educational and digital skills content to help families and site coordinators navigate online learning. Lift Zones complement Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which, since 2011, has helped connect more than 8 million low-income people to the Internet at home.
The Lift Zone initiative comes on the heels of Comcast’s recent launch of its new “Internet Essentials Partnership Program,” which focuses on enabling cities, school districts, and community based organizations to connect large numbers of low-income students to the Internet at home to support distance learning.
“We are proud to partner with community organizations across the Houston Region and equip them with free internet service and the digital training skills that will provide kids with safe, fast and reliable connectivity to keep up with school and prepare for a brighter future,” said Melinda Little, Director of Government Affairs, Comcast Houston. “The COVID-19 crisis continues to put many low-income students at risk of being left behind, accelerating the need for comprehensive digital equity and Internet adoption programs to support them. We hope these Lift Zones will help those students who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to connect to effective distance learning at home.”
Houston Lift Zone Locations
Building Name | Physical Address | Partner |
Baker Ripley East Aldine | 3000 Aldine Mail Route Rd., Houston, TX 77039 | BakerRipley |
Cleveland Campus | 720 Fairmont Pkwy. Pasadena, TX 77054 | BakerRipley |
Harbach Campus | 6225 Northdale St Houston, TX 77087 | BakerRipley |
Allen Parkway Club | 1001 Bluebonnet Place Circle, Houston, TX 77009 | BGCGH |
BGCGH Headquarters | 815 Crosby St., Houston, TX 77019 | BGCGH |
Fort Bend Club | 5525 Hobby St., Houston, TX 77019 | BGCGH |
Houston Texans Teen Club | 1520-A Airline Drive, Houston, TX 77009 | BGCGH |
Jim & Barbara Morefield Club | 5950 Selinsky Rd., Houston, TX 77080 | BGCGH |
John & Cissy Havard Club | 1520 Airline Dr., Houston, TX 77550 | BGCGH |
Johnny Mitchell Club | 4420 Avenue P., Galveston, TX 77550 | BGCGH |
Mission Bend Club | 8709 Addicks Clodine Rd., Houston, TX 77053 | BGCGH |
Richmond-Rosenberg Club | 1800 James L. Pink Blvd., Richmond, TX 77048 | BGCGH |
Spring Branch Club | 8575 Pitner Rd. Houston, TX 77083 | BGCGH |
Stafford Club | 3110 5th St., Stafford, TX 77477 | BGCGH |
ACRES HOMES MULTI-SERVICE CENTER | 6719 W MONTGOMERY, Houston, TX 77091 | COH |
Almeda Community Center | 14201 Almeda School Road, Houston, TX 77047 | COH |
Denver Harbor Multi-service Center | 6402 Market St., Houston, TX 77020 | COH |
DeZavala Community Center | 7521 Avenue H, Houston, TX 77012 | COH |
Emancipation Community Center | 3018 Dowling, Houston, TX 77004 | COH |
Fifth Ward Multi-service Center | 4014 Market St., Houston, TX 77020 | COH |
Hartman Community Center | 9311 E. Avenue P, Houston, TX 77012 | COH |
Hiram Clarke Multi-service Center | 3810 W. Fuqua St., Houston, TX 77045 | COH |
KASHMERE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER | 4802 LOCKWOOD, Houston, TX 77026 | COH |
MAGNOLIA MULTI-SERVICE CENTER | 7037 CAPITOL, Houston, TX 77011 | COH |
Melrose Community Center | 1001 Canino Rd (faces Melrose Park Rd), Houston, TX 77020 | COH |
Metropolitan Multiservice Center | 1475 West Gray, Houston, TX 77019 | COH |
Northeast Multi-Service Center | 9720 Spalding St., Houston, TX 77016 | COH |
SOUTHWEST MULTI-SERVICE CENTER | 6400 HIGH STAR, Houston, TX 77074 | COH |
THIRD WARD MULTI-SERVICE CENTER | 3611 ENNIS, Houston, TX 77004 | COH |
Townwood Community Center | 3403 Simsbrook, Houston, TX 77045 | COH |
West End Multi-Service Center | 170 Heights Blvd., Houston TX 77007 | COH |
Windsor Village Community Center | 14441 Croquet Ln., Houston, TX 77085 | COH |
McGuire-Dent Recreation Center and Menard Park | 2222 28th Street, Galveston, TX 77554 | Galveston |
Wright Cuney Recreation Center and Park | 718 41st Street, Galveston, TX 77554 | Galveston |
Barbara Jordan Community Center | 6400 Winfield 77050 | Harris |
Barrett Riley Center | 808 Magnolia Ave, Crosby | Harris |
Bayland Park Community Center | 6400 Bissonnet St Houston, TX 77074 | Harris |
Dennis Johnston Park Big Stone Lodge and Community Center | 709 Riley Fuzzel Road Spring, TX 77377. | Harris |
Grayson CC | 13828 Corpus Christi St, Houston, TX 77015 | Harris |
JD Walker CC | 7613 Wade Rd. Baytown, Tx. 77520 | Harris |
Leonel Castillo Center | 2101 South Street Houston, TX 77009 | Harris |
Mangum Howell Center | 2500 Frick Road Houston, TX 77038 | Harris |
Tracy Gee CC | 3599 Westcenter 77042 | Harris |
Spring Branch Family Development | 8575 Pitner Rd. Building C Houston, TX 77083 | Spring Branch |
The Tejano Center for Community Concerns | 3100 Broadway St., Houston, TX 77017 | Tejano Center |