COMMUNITY · FEEL THE LOVE

    Feel the Love: a new heating and air system for a HOTEL INC home

    In October 2026, we teamed up with Lennox's Feel the Love program to put a new heating and air-conditioning system in a HOTEL INC transitional home here in Bowling Green, just days before a family was set to move in.

    Feel the Love logo
    Feel the Love is sponsored by The LII Lennox Foundation
    Our owners Chad and Samantha Fortner at the Feel the Love install day in Bowling Green
    Our owners on install day.

    THE STORY

    Giving back in our hometown

    HOTEL INC is a Bowling Green nonprofit. Its transitional housing program gives people working toward permanent housing a safe place to live while they focus on budgeting, stability, and getting ready to be long-term renters.

    The heating and air system at one of its homes was about 15 years old and due for replacement. A new one would have cost the nonprofit about $15,000.

    Through Feel the Love, Lennox donated the equipment and our crew donated the labor. We removed the old system and installed a complete new one, including a new thermostat.

    Because HOTEL INC didn't have to pay for the new system, that money can go to direct services: educational programs, help getting documents, help moving into housing, and deposits for people moving into permanent housing.

    Feel the Love began in 2009 and has helped thousands of families. We were glad to bring it to Bowling Green, and we hope to take part again.

    At a glance

    • Who:iComfort Hurt Mechanical, Lennox, and HOTEL INC
    • What:A complete new heating and air system, with a new thermostat
    • Where:A HOTEL INC transitional home in Bowling Green
    • When:October 2026
    • Lennox donated:the equipment
    • We donated:the labor to install it
    “I've been doing HVAC for 27 years here in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and I like providing to the community… And it feels good to be able to do this.”
    Chad Fortner, co-owner and president, iComfort Hurt Mechanical (to WNKY News 40)
    “It just feels good when you help people in need.”
    — Samantha Fortner, co-owner and director of operations (to WNKY News 40)

    IN THE NEWS

    As seen on WNKY News 40

    WNKY News 40 covered the install in its October 7, 2026 story, “Hotel INC transitional home gets new HVAC system through community donation,” by Nikko Beason.

    Video and story © WNKY News 40. Opens wnky.com in a new tab.

    PHOTOS

    iComfort crew moving the new heating and cooling unit into place
    Moving the new unit into place.
    iComfort volunteers working together on install day
    All hands on deck.
    The new Lennox system installed beside the transitional home
    The new Lennox system, installed.

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