The Village of Oak Harbor is revitalizing its community through reliving its history and creating great spaces for people of all ages and abilities. The Lowe's Hometowns grant will enable the Village to create inspiring public space along the Portage River featuring riverfront access, a sitting area, public art, and more. These renovations will allow area residents to connect with their natural resources and live happier, healthier lives.
Victory Junction enriches the lives of children with serious illness and chronic medical conditions by providing life-changing camp experiences that are exciting, fun and empowering; all in a medically safe environment at no cost to the camper or their family. With the Lowe’s Hometowns grant, Camp will be able to replace current bathroom flooring in all cabins and two program areas with non-slip monolithic flooring. These renovations will ensure that Camp is safe, welcoming and accessible to all campers regardless of their cognitive, medical, or physical abilities.
Rise Disaster Relief & Recovery, Inc. (RISE) is a nonprofit organization established to bridge the gap between available federal disaster relief and the ongoing needs of the community. RISE provides with dignity, compassion, humility, and kindness, relief and mitigation to citizens impacted by natural and human-caused disasters. RISE will continue to serve the citizens of Spruce Pine through revitalization efforts to rebuild the Riverside Park.
Common Ground Relief is a boots-on-the-ground community organization that has worked to address the impacts of coastal land loss in southeast Louisiana for 25 years. With the Lowe’s Hometowns grant, Common Ground Relief will enhance its Native Plant Nursery, including repairing and expanding exterior fencing, installing a wheelchair-accessible greenhouse and varied-height seating and garden beds, and laying accessible pathways.
Through Lowe's Hometowns, the PODER HQ outdoor plaza will receive a community mural and landscaping as a symbol of all the vital, inspiring work that is being done. PODER’s deep commitment to Spanish-speaking immigrants, newly arrived migrants, and Latino/Hispanic residents with integrated English and career pathway programming will be reflected in this powerful mural.
The Lowe's Hometowns project will revitalize a city park in Earle, Arkansas with ADA compliant play spaces, outdoor seating, basketball court renovations, landscaping, resurfaced pathways and enhanced park signage. The park will serve as a place for the community to connect and children to play and dream.
Over the past 16 years, Friends of Tietze Park Foundation has championed the enhancement and preservation of Tietz Park. Through Lowe's Hometowns, the park will be upgraded with new garden beds, borders, pathways, a new picnic table slab, new plants, irrigation, amended soil and signage; all to create a harmonious and visually appealing space that brings joy to this community.
South Elementary students cannot play on the current playground due to rust, mold and corrosion. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will help the school install new play structures that will accommodate multiple classes during recess and give students the chance to be physically active during school time.
The Trout Ponds Park is the recreational heart of the Newark Valley community and is currently suffering from structural and safety issues. This project includes new pavilions, a gazebo and walking bridge, grills, public restrooms and environmentally friendly drinking fountains. A new marquee and gates at the park entrance will welcome the community.
Two years ago, a group of youth set out on a mission to find a space that was safe for them to skateboard, bike, and ride scooters in the Stewartville Community. After a visit to City Hall, a petition with 300 signatures and two years of fundraising, the youth in Stewartville will finally get the skate park they’ve been wanting, due to the Lowe’s Hometowns grant. Work includes the installation of a flat, safe skating surface, park benches, signage and landscaping.