Lowe's has announced the launch of its 2025 Hometowns program, featuring 100 community-nominated, large-scale renovation projects that will transform spaces at the heart of neighborhoods across the United States. The Lowe's Hometowns program is the centerpiece of a $100 million, five-year investment in community revitalization.
The 2025 Hometowns announcement builds on the impactful projects from previous years, such as Jean's Angels—a 2024 grant recipient—which provides services to vulnerable populations, including unhoused individuals and cancer survivors. With funds from the 2024 Lowe's Hometowns grant, CEO and Founder Katrina Carpenter was able to build a warehouse and community hub for community members to "shop" for free items they need.
The Lowe's Hometowns grant made this happen, but their employees made the love exist here and that's important.
To Katrina and the community she serves, it's more than just a structure. People may walk in feeling defeated, but when they walk out, they feel a sense of hope. "When you see this building, when you see everything that we do, you see the love that's poured in."
Ben Duncan, the Store Manager of Lowe's in Goose Creek and avid supporter of Katrina and her mission, put it this way: "It's about a 4,000-square-foot building. The impact on the community is really immeasurable."
In its fourth season, Lowe's Hometowns will continue the important work of revitalizing and restoring community spaces, helping to deliver on Lowe’s goal of 10 million square feet of impact for local communities across the country. From transitional housing upgrades and kitchen expansions at food pantries to the beautification of parks and the creation of rest havens for first responders, this year's projects will leave their mark on the communities Lowe’s serves.
One of those 2025 recipients is Hope Vibes in Charlotte, North Carolina. The non-profit is centered around a mobile unit that provides sanitary services, such as showers and laundry, to people experiencing homelessness. Emmanuel Threatt and his wife, Adrienne, started the organization in 2017 and have seen firsthand the profound difference it makes in people's lives.
It's literally night and day when you see somebody walk out, and you're like, 'Wow.' There's just a sense of relief. The water just washed worries away for that moment.
With the Lowe's Hometowns grant, Hope Vibes will be able to build a second mobile unit - doubling its impact on the community.
Visit Lowes.com/HowWeHelp and follow #HowWeHelp on social media to follow the 2025 Hometowns stories, spaces, and people at the heart of this year's journey.
