The Jamison Children’s Center is a safe space for victims of violence, neglect, exploitation, physical, and sexual abuse. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will be used to install a shade structure over the basketball court and outdoor area at the center, which is often too hot to play on in the summer months. It will also allow other outside activities to be held for the children at the center, such as an ice cream social, arts and crafts, birthday parties, and more.
Nominated by music superstar and Tuskegee, Ala. native Lionel Richie, Hello Park will become the first public park of its kind available to residents in the community. Located directly across from the campus of Tuskegee University, this undeveloped land will be turned into a beautiful outdoor space for members of the community to gather, to personally connect with nature and to embrace the history of Tuskegee for decades to come.
A pocket park on the DuPage River for the residents of the Greenbrook Habitat for Humanity community will further Habitat’s philosophy to build up communities by bringing people together. The Lowe’s Hometowns grant will provide a suitable gathering place for people to bring their children on a nice day and a community garden. This park will answer a need for the community and go a long way in creating true community spirit.
The City of Charlotte will plant fruit-bearing trees at the Spring Street Plaza to improve fresh food access, increase tree canopy, and improve air and water quality for the community. Shrubs and perennials will be planted to attract pollinators, and the plaza will provide a high-quality public space for the community to gather.
The Black Rock Riverside Alliance (BRRAlliance) is committed to the overall betterment of the Black Rock, Riverside, Grant-Amherst, and West Hertel communities of Buffalo, New York. For this project, they would like to create a performance space that would be local, open and free to the public, offering an underserved community the opportunity to enjoy no-cost entertainment in a beautiful, healthy, outdoor environment.
Central Falls Phillips Street Community Garden aims to create a beautiful, Zen-like garden with equipment for residents. The project would include removal of debris and junk to create a new space with garden furniture, chess tables, concrete seats, garden beds, new plants and more.
The Downtown Development Association, in partnership with the City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, wants to transform its town square from a deteriorating, underused, and unsafe space to the beloved community gathering location it was always intended to be. Infrastructure updates would include electrical, painting, level pavers, lighting updates, and additional safety pieces.
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy plans to redesign and restructure both visitor and volunteer experiences, including adding flexible seating and frontdesk furniture, shelving and signage to share park information, updates to lighting and electrical needs, improvements around storage and sanitation for volunteers.
The Rochester Museum and Science Center would like to build a community-designed greenspace to support activities like bee hive placement, outdoor classroom placement and construction, greenhouse building, garden bed building followed by seedling planting and possibly orchard placement.
The South Kitsap Western Little League has projects that include baseball field maintenance, stair repair, bleacher seating repairs, groundscaping and ADA accommodations.