ATLANTA - The furniture company made famous for hiring the homeless, Lamon Luther is under new ownership. Founder Brian Preston has sold the custom woodworking firm to Gordon Cortez.
Providing jobs to give the homeless a “hand up, not a handout,” has been a driving force behind the success and renown of Lamon Luther, a custom woodworking firm founded by Brian Preston.
Custom furniture maker Lamon Luther is raffling off a tiny house worth more than $60,000 to help raise money to hire more homeless men and women. The goal is to gain enough funds to hire 100 woodworking craftsmen by 2017.
Lamon Luther, a company renown for hiring the homeless, is taking its mission a step further. The custom furniture maker is giving away a tiny house worth more than $60,000 to help raise money to hire more homeless men and women.
Lamon Luther Owner Brian Preston founded the custom table and furniture shop as a way to give homeless people with a woodworking background a "hands up, not a handout." Inside the 20,000-square-foot facility employees use a variety of automated equipment to optimize material usage and improve the productivity of Lamon Luther's signature reclaimed furniture pieces.