Special Pedals News
Pedaling Change
How Special Pedals is empowering neurodiverse adults in Wilmington.
A Bike at a Time
Leah & Lingam sat down with Wilmington Downtown, Inc. to discuss all things Special Pedals & where the organization is headed.
Inspiring Conversations
Our store manager Lingam sat down with voyage Raliegh to discuss Special Pedals, its history and where its headed next.
Mural Reveal
Special Pedals, started by Leah Sherill held a block party to open their new store at 320 Red Cross Street Saturday in downtown.
Special Pedals
Nonprofit aims to help people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who want to work.
Pedaling Forward
Special Pedals creates opportunities for all, launches fundraiser
WILMA’s “Women to Watch” List
WILMA’s 2020 Leadership Institute, an annual nine-month program, gives area women the opportunity to learn from leaders in the region, visit a range of local companies, and serve as each other’s personal board of directors.
Keep On Rolling
The Special Pedals team set up shop at the Waterline Brewing Company in downtown Wilmington. The team was preparing for an event to accept donations, repair bicycles, recycle parts, sell t-shirts and other items to help get their operation rolling.
Four years later
‘Special Pedals’ continues to give adults with disabilities functional jobs
Bike Across NC
Esteamed Coffee, a shop that will employ people with various disabilities who would otherwise struggle to find meaningful employment, hosted its first annual N.C. Bike Ride. The ride started Tuesday, Dec. 3, otherwise known as National Giving Day, and Esteamed Coffee Board Member Kirby Barbour rode his bike 400 miles across North Carolina to raise awareness and funds for the shop’s grand opening in Cary next year.
Idea to Reality
A year into creating Special Pedals Leah sits down with WWAY to talk progress and obstacles.
Wheels rolling on bike shop dream
An organization is making moves with the hopes of becoming a permanent bike shop sooner than later.