# The Things Network Birmingham

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Birmingham.

- Country: [United States of America](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/usa/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2017
- Members: 24
- Location: 33.5199, -86.8049
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/

## About

Birmingham, Alabama is a little city with huge potential. A recipient of [IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge](https://www.uab.edu/news/innovation/item/4419-uab-helps-birmingham-land-ibm-smarter-cities-challenge-grant) grant, Birmingham has a small but growing tech community that is bursting with new ideas. If we are going to realize the true potential of our city, we'll need open infrastructure that allows innovators to test and deploy their ideas with as little friction as possible.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Birmingham, AL.

## Contact

While we get going, you can contact us by reaching out to the network initiator on Twitter (@ntmcminn).  We'll open up additional communication channels as we put our full team together.
- Chat: https://magiccitytech.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)
- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-birmingham-alabama-us/17104)

## Partners

- [BASE (Birmingham Area Software Enthusiasts)](https://www.meetup.com/base205/)
- [Code for Birmingham](http://www.codeforbirmingham.org/)
- [GASP, Inc.](https://gaspgroup.org/)
- [Red Mountain Makers](https://www.redmountainmakers.org/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [SmarterBham and Air Quality](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/smarterbham-and-air-quality.md) (2019-03-06)
- [New Coverage Test Results](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/new-coverage-test-results.md) (2018-10-17)
- [Hands-on Workshop](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/hands-on-workshop.md) (2018-10-03)
- [Heltec ESP32 + LoRaWAN Tutorial Published](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/heltec-esp32-lorawan-tutorial-published.md) (2018-09-13)
- [Updated resources for getting involved.](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/updated-resources-for-getting-involved.md) (2018-09-10)
- [First gateways placed](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/first-gateways-placed.md) (2018-08-23)
- [Finally getting started!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham-al/post/finally-getting-started.md) (2018-08-22)