Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Chief Executive Officer Jim Morgan stood in the library of the East Lake unit earlier this week surrounded by kids playing and laughing. Nearby, two young kids danced to a Billie Eilish song sounding from a video game on a big screen.
“I have the best job in the world,” Morgan said, explaining to a reporter the changes the club is set to undergo in the next month or so thanks to the national 100 Hometowns initiative that Lowe’s has embarked upon to celebrate its centennial.
The home-improvement retailer is working with 100 cities and towns across the country to renovate, rejuvenate or remodel key parts of the communities, such as parks, playgrounds, recreation centers or theaters, to make them better places to live and work.
The first announced renovation was the East Lake club, and Morgan said more than half of the 18,000-square-foot facility on East 25th Street will see work over the next month. Plans are to reopen Aug. 26. Work began Wednesday, though the majority of the retiling and painting will take place during the two weeks before school starts when the center is typically closed.
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