The historic Polaris Theater in Port Orchard has hosted thousands of community members since opening in 1924. Through Lowe's Hometowns, upgrades led by the Historic Port Orchard Theater Foundation will renovate the theater’s ticket booth and façade will give the theater a fresh look and revitalize a once thriving beacon of the community. This updated theater will support not only cinema but live music and shows, as well as community events and gatherings, business meetings, and family and community reunions.

The Drummond Museum, housed a the original 1908 bank building, will soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new roof, ceiling and flooring in the bathroom, back office and main exhibit areas are all needed. Windows that are dated back before 1930 need to be replaced and heating and air is necessary to keep artifacts safe. Cracked plaster, new paint, baseboards, lighting, and new landscaping will completely preserve this piece of history.

The African American Museum has a been a beacon of light for sharing and preserving the African American experience in the DFW Metroplex. The new courtyard will have diverse plantings around the edges and the interior of the courtyard will become an intimate space appropriate for a variety of events and educational programming. The courtyard will receive a planting and irrigation upgrade.

Historic Elitch Theater would like to complete two projects on the exterior of the theatre: painting the fly building and pouring a concrete patio. The fly building is over 65-years old and the gray cinderblock has never been painted. Some damage occurred on the West side of the building and was covered with boards. The project would help the theater become an aesthetically pleasing part of the neighborhood.

The Little Brick Church is used throughout the year as a gathering place for community members. It is a historic structure that now requires critical repairs and a roof replacement. The City of Oneonta has few places for people to gather, so without a maintained Little Brick Church, residents will seek opportunities outside the community.

A town’s human and civil rights and multicultural center seeks to address long deferred and necessary repairs as well as enhance areas around special exhibits. The improvements will ensure it continues to preserve, promote, and make the town’s history readily to current and future generations of residents and college students — and to use that history as an inspiration to those exposed to it.