WHEELING, W.Va. – May 20, 2020 – Wheeling Heritage and The Wheeling Feeling are collaborating to support entrepreneurs. Today, the Wheeling Feeling, an apparel company, is releasing a limited amount of exclusive designs on its website, thewheelingfeeling.com. All profits will go to support Wheeling Heritage’s COVID-19 Emergency Grant.
CLICK HERE to browse the collection.
The grant provides financial support to professional working artists, performers and small business owners who have had a loss of income due to COVID-19.
Vanessa Govindan, owner of The Wheeling Feeling, worked with several Wheeling business owners and artists to create this special collection. It includes:
•Coleman’s Fish Market logo enamel pin
•Mount de Chantal logo enamel pin
•Bob Villamagna “Cowboy Luchador” neck gaiter
•Bob Villamagna artwork decal pack
•Wheeling business sticker pack
•West Virginia seal resort tote
So far, Wheeling Heritage has awarded a total of $25,000 to 41 local professional artists, entertainers and small business owners. Awardees received up to $1,000, and priority was given to those with immediate needs of shelter, food and other essentials.
With funding from this collaboration, the organization will be able to reopen the grant and support more of the artists, performers and small business owners who are important to the culture and identity of the community, explained Alex Weld, incoming executive director of Wheeling Heritage.
Wheeling Heritage is also accepting donations at wheelingheritage.org/donate. All of the money raised will go to grant recipients.
About Wheeling Heritage
Wheeling Heritage is a catalyst for the revitalization of Wheeling. Through historic preservation, community development, and the arts, we help to tell Wheeling’s story and shape its future. We seek to improve the quality of life in Wheeling by preserving and investing in our city, collaborating with others, and engaging the citizens of Wheeling in our work.
