Clear Lake lands $50K T-Mobile grant to build world’s largest Buddy Holly guitar

Clear Lake lands $50K T-Mobile grant to build world’s largest Buddy Holly guitar

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Clear Lake has been selected as one of 26 communities nationwide to receive a grant in the final round of T-Mobile’s Hometown Grants program. The Surf Ballroom North Iowa Cultural Center and Museum will receive $50,000 to fund construction of the world’s largest 1954 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster — a 31-foot replica of the guitar made famous by rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly. The landmark would anchor the city’s Surf Distric…