Ben and Erin Napier’s profitable “Home Town” franchise is increasing. The HGTV couple will likely be joined by a slew of community specialists to assist six new communities on “Home Town Kickstart.”
“It takes a village to lift a village,” HGTV wrote in a December 7 Instagram publish. “Here’s a pattern of some of the HGTV stars that may assist revitalize six small cities throughout the nation for #HomeTownKickStart. #Coming2022.”
This new “village” consists of Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb of “Unsellable Houses,” Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt of “100 Day Dream Home,” Page Turner of “Fix My Flip,” Russell Holmes of “Renovation Impossible” and Joe Mazza of “Home Inspector Joe.”
They will be part of the beforehand introduced HGTV stars Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent of “The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project,” Ty Pennington of “Rock the Block,” Jasmine Roth of “Help! I Wrecked My House” and Alison Victoria of “Windy City Rehab.” The Napiers will serve in a supportive position.
The Napiers have grow to be the faces of small-town revitalization on HGTV. After specializing in their city of Laurel, Mississippi in “Home Town,” they centered their efforts on a brand new city. The couple traveled to Wetumpka, Alabama for “Home Town Takeover.” Ben additionally leads his personal spinoff, “Home Town: Ben’s Workshop.”
“We see the constructive impression of this small city renaissance daily in Laurel,” Erin beforehand mentioned in a press launch. “Ben and I can not wait to share all we have discovered with our fellow HGTV specialists to allow them to assist these communities obtain their targets.”
“Home Town Kickstart” will likely be introduced in partnership with People journal which is able to share further tales of the communities and its residents.
‘Home Town Kickstart’ Will Highlight 6 New Small Towns
“Home Town Kickstart” will focus its efforts on six communities, which all utilized for “Home Town Takeover” earlier than Wetumpka, Alabama was chosen.
“The staggering success and constructive impression of ‘Home Town Takeover’ confirmed us that the concept of small-town revitalization resonates with America,” Jane Latman, president of HGTV & Streaming Home Content at Discovery, Inc, mentioned in a press launch. “To hold this unimaginable momentum going with ‘Home Town Kickstart,’ we went again to the hundreds of submissions we acquired for ‘Home Town Takeover’ and recognized six extra cities to assist with HGTV’s star energy and experience. And, our collaboration with PEOPLE provides the chosen cities one other priceless showcase that might result in extra assist and progress.”
Those communities are Buffalo, Wyoming; Cornwall, New York; Winslow, Arizona; LaGrange, Kentucky; Thomaston, Georgia and Minden, Louisiana.
‘Home Town Kickstart’ Will Take a 3-Pronged Approach to Revitalize These Towns
According to Discovery, the show will search to revitalize every city by means of three tasks: “refresh the house of a neighborhood hero, give a small enterprise a wonderful improve and reinvigorate a public house to reinforce the residents’ high quality of life and engender group satisfaction.”
“Erin and I’ve renovated greater than 80 properties in Laurel for ‘Home Town’ and we have seen how these enhancements change a group for the higher,” Ben mentioned when the collection was first introduced. “Now, with assist from HGTV, we’ll proceed what we began and assist extra small cities throughout the nation.”
