The purpose of community involvement at Cline Communications & Cline Computers is to positively impact the communities where we live and work. We do this by building relationships, inspiring technology in schools & non-profits, and promoting goodwill both inside and outside the company.
Cline Computers and our dedicated employees share their time, talents, and resources with organizations and programs that make a difference in the local community.
Below you will find some of the many ways we express ourselves in the community. Donations and contributions we have made towards our community.
- Sponsored Tri-City Lan Party Events
- Donated website to local high school newspaper
- Discounted website hosting to Oasis School
- Involvement in Kennewick High School Alumni Website
- Involvement in Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers Website
- Assisting local television news crews with computer technology related stories
- Computer Repair work for Domestic Violence Shelter
- Live streaming of Richland’s CityView Channel 13 on their website
- Featured in August 8th, 2004 Business Article about VoIP in the Tri-City Herald
- Featured in the Spring 2004 Port of Benton Quarterly Newsletter
- Attended all of the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce Small-Business Technology Expos as a vendor booth
- Attended all of the IT Tech Day Trade Shows put on by Lockheed Martin as a vendor booth
- Donates to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
- Website Hosting for the 3-Cities Linux User Group (3Clug)
- Website Hosting for the Richland High School Bomber Boosters
- Website Hosting for CleanupHanford.org, an educational website
- Website Hosting for the Tri-Cities Young Marines
- Executive Ambassador for Junior Achievement
- Interviewed in the January 26th Tri-City Herald about Web Blogging
- Advertised in several issues of local high school newspapers
- Participated in multiple Enterprise Day events at Pasco High School
- Sponsored the Hanford Flames Baseball Club
- Sponsored a Ki-Be High School Class Reunion
- Domain Name Registration for local Little League
- Website Hosting for participant in the Winter Olympics
- Website Hosting for KTCV.net, a local high school radio station
- Website Hosting for Richlandcommunity.org
- Sponsored Richland Chamber of Commerce’s City Map
- Website Design & Hosting for the Richland Seniors Association (RSA)
- Website Design & Hosting for RichlandSkatePark.com, a fundraiser website for the city of Richland and the local skate park
- Website Hosting for local marines in Iraq used to communicate with family and friends
- Website Design & Hosting for Richlandplayers.com
- Website Hosting for the Washington State Mounted Posse and all of the local chapters in Washington
- Donated wireless networking gear to the Richland Chamber of Commerce
- Provided a free website design & hosting to the Richland Chamber of Commerce
- Designed & hosted Benton-Franklin Salvation Army Website
- Website Hosting for the Washington Operation Thank You Organization
- Support for local political candidates with website design & hosting
- Sponsored several high school sports magnets
- Many, many more!
We are partnered with many other local companies and agencies to help advance our growth.
We are partnered with the Franklin PUD, Benton PUD, and Charter Communications locally to help spread bandwidth throughout the Columbia Basin. With local initiatives, local Internet Service Providers are working together to broaden the scope of bandwidth and allow more uses of the open-access networks available in the area.
With Franklin PUD, we are an authorized Retailer for their Wireless Fiber-Optics network and direct fiber connections along with having rackspace in their colocation facility. We are also an authorized Retailer for the Benton PUD offering fixed wireless, wifi, and point-to-point connections throughout Kennewick.
Cline is partnered with Charter to offer broadband & telephony services throughout southeastern Washington.
We have strong ties within our community with these organizations. We are actively involved with the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce and have been an active member since 2001. Interviewed several times as the local computer experts on KNDU-TV, gives Cline the backing of the local media. Click on the media page above to see some of our recent spots. Cline has partnered with local businesses such as Barracuda Coffee Company to offer Wi-Fi hotspots and donate to community-related events.
