# The Things Network Venlo

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

- Country: [The Netherlands](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/the-netherlands/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 17
- Location: 51.3533, 6.1540
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/venlo/

## About

We are on a mission to help build a global open crowdsourced Internet of Things data network

We at Fontys GreenTechLab in Venlo have started The Things Network community Venlo to develop open Internet of Things data connectivity into innovative and valuable applications for a community of both citizens and local companies around the Venlo area. Venlo is a region that generates a tremendous amount of innovations round the fields of agro and mechatronics. Out of the box thinking engineers and students help local industry to come up with no-nonsense, working solutions for technical challenges industry faces. They develop applications that create urban valua for the region. Our goal is to expand The Things Network by realising coverage in Venlo and region to boost innovation. GreenTechLab stimulates the expansion of the Internet of Things and welcomes others to join in order to generate a world wide network. Parties that join support each other on a non-profit basis in creating added value for the local community in the widest sense

## Contact

Interested to innovate on The Things Network? Come and join the community! So we get Venlo covered together and start to innovate!

## Resources

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

## 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/)