Vermont Community Foundation Mission Investment and WheelPad

WheelPad L3C was featured in the Seven Days article "Mission Investing at the Vermont Community Foundation Creates Lasting Impact", sponsored by the Vermont Community Foundation. The article featured multiple businesses across Vermont in a wide range of industries that Vermont Community Foundation has invested in to help make impactful changes in our local communities. 

See a short excerpt and quote from WheelPad Founder, Julie Lineberger, below.

Excerpt: 

The Vermont Community Foundation backed Lineberger’s business because WheelPad does more than just help disabled people stay in their communities: It also helps build the economy of Wilmington, a town in Windham County with a population of less than 3,000 people. Lineberger employs a diverse workforce of 15 people in the WheelPad factory.

“Before WheelPad, there wasn’t any manufacturing in our town,” Lineberger said. “We bring economic viability to this area and the people here.”

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“Starting a new business is challenging, but the support of organizations like the Vermont Community Foundation have helped us make it,” Lineberger said. “Because of that support, I don’t think I could’ve started this business in any other state but Vermont.”

You can read the full article on the Seven Days website.