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The home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is accepting project nominations for Lowe’s Hometowns, a five-year, $100 million commitment to community revitalization.

According to the Mooresville, North Carolina-based company, $10 million in grants will be allocated to fund 100 renovations and complete an additional 1,700 improvement projects selected by its associates this year. People across the country are invited to nominate a project or a nonprofit through Feb. 18 at Lowes.com/Hometowns.

Eligible project types include rebuilding or renovating affordable housing facilities including shelters or transitional living facilities; community resources such as senior citizen centers, first responder facilities, food pantries or youth clubs; outdoor community spaces including parks, gardens and playgrounds; cultural preservation such as theaters or memorials; and facilities dedicated to skilled trades education.

Last year’s program’s beneficiaries included a community of safe homes for veterans in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; a new bunkhouse and renovate the kitchen for a volunteer fire department in Scotland, Connecticut; and a project to transform a kitchenette into a full-size kitchen to help feed children transitioning into foster care in LaFollette, Tennessee.

“Helping our neighbors and communities is what Lowe’s does best,” said Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s chairman and CEO. “Over the last three years, Lowe’s Hometowns has inspired thousands of community improvement projects across the country, which have been brought to life by our associates’ ability to solve problems and get things done. I am excited to see the difference we will make in 2025.”