# The Things Network Holland, Michigan

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

- Country: [United States of America](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/usa/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 5
- Location: 42.7824, -86.1010
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/

## About

Chasing IoT with LoRa in Holland Michigan. In 2017 we acquired our first node, added a second and third in 2018, and are going full force to make our community an even better place through connected stuff.

```
                      Tulips * Snow * Wooden Shoes * IoT
```

## Contact

Email pete@hoffswell.com
- Chat: https://thethingsnetwork.slack.com/messages/holland-mi/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## Partners

- [Holland Board of Public Works](http://www.hollandbpw.com/)
- [Spindance](https://spindance.com/)

## 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/)
- [New ‘Smart Brick’ will aid in snowmelt efficiency](https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20180626/new-smart-brick-will-aid-in-snowmelt-efficiency)
- [Smart brick inventor wins GVSU Lakeshore Innovator of the Year Award](https://www.gvsu.edu/gvnext/2020/smart-brick-inventor-wins-gvsu-lakeshore-innovator-of-the-year-award.htm)
- [arm MBED - Snowmelt System](https://os.mbed.com/built-with-mbed/snowmelt-system/)

## Recent updates

- [South gateway raised!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/south-gateway-raised.md) (2024-10-01)
- [New Gateway Added](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/new-gateway-added.md) (2023-08-28)
- [August 2022 Survey](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/august-2022-survey.md) (2022-08-12)
- [Holland Open-Access LoRa network upgrade complete](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/holland-open-access-lora-network-upgrade-complete.md) (2021-11-19)
- [Migration to The Things Network V3 has begun](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/migration-to-the-things-network-v3-has-begun.md) (2021-10-26)
- [Snowmelt Sensor System receives recognition from Grand Valley State University](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/snowmelt-sensor-system-receives-recognition-from-grand-valley-state-university.md) (2020-08-13)
- [Gateway 4 Online in test](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/gateway-4-online-in-test.md) (2019-12-14)
- [Gateway 3 Back in service](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/gateway-3-back-in-service.md) (2019-12-12)
- [Gateway 2 moved](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/gateway-2-moved.md) (2019-10-25)
- [Snowmelt Sensors Starting to Deploy](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/post/snowmelt-sensors-deployint.md) (2018-11-06)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/holland-michigan/posts