October 22, 2016 - A relocation ribbon cutting was held Tuesday, October 18th for the AT&T store at their new location in Hilltop Marketplace at 854 Hurst Street, Suite 100, in Center.
Shelby County Ambassador president, Andi Foster welcomed everyone and said, "On behalf of the Shelby County Chamber Ambassadors we extend our appreciation to you for being a chamber member and opening your doors to the community today and everyday." She then introduced Mark Patton with Allcom, an AT&T authorized retailer.
Patton said, "On behalf of Allcom, I want to welcome everybody here to our new store. For those of you who don't know, we've been in East Texas, our company has, we have deep roots in East Texas. We've been around since 1919, our parent company Branch Patton, as far as Center goes, we started operations in 2001 on Tenaha Street." Allcom is celebrating 14-years in Shelby County.
After recounting the different locations the store has occupied since opening in Center, Patton expressed, "A new facility like this goes a long way in displaying our products and showing our products and services but I think the biggest component of any organization is its people. And I think we have some of the best, most knowledgeable and we strive for that anyway."
Patton then introduced the store manager in Center, Gabriel Rebollar, who introduced the staff: Javier Gonzalez, Chiana Williams, Nick Reynolds, Micheal Pereiro (Assistant Manager), JaCorey Bolton, Jasmine Rojas, Nicole White, Alex Serrano, and Ever Bahena. Rebollar said, "I appreciate each and everybody around this community that has helped. Of course we're always here to help each one of them; we go above and beyond which we strive for that customer service to help each one of our customers."
The store offers a wide variety of products and services including but not limited to cell phone and home phone services, Direct TV, tablets, and U-Verse Internet for home and business. Allcom AT&T has locations in Center, Nacogdoches, and Lufkin.
Following the cutting of the re-location ribbon, door prizes were given away with the following winners: J.J. Ford won a Bluetooth speaker, Billie Sue Payne won a Bluetooth headset, and Lorei Choate won a Samsung tablet.
