Area Nonprofit Announces Name Change

Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, an organization dedicated to assisting individuals with disabilities achieve personal success for more than 25 years, has taken on a new name— Vista Life Innovations.

The name change, which took effect on Feb. 17, was part of a long planned re-branding initiative to better align Vista’s name with its expanded service and program offerings.

“Over the past 25 years, Vista has become more than a vocational and life skills center,” said Vista’s Chief Executive Officer Helen Bosch . “We now offer a wide array of services—such as arts programming, benefits and advocacy counseling, and recreation—and we wanted a name that represented who we are as a whole.”

Vista leadership and members of its Board of Directors worked together to come up with a name that reflected the organization’s values while describing what Vista is without focusing on specific aspects of the program.

Although Vista’s name changed, its mission and focus have not. For that reason, it was important that “Vista” remained part of the new name.

“Our scope of services has changed but we are fundamentally the same—an organization that provides services and programming for individuals with disabilities so they may achieve success,” said Bosch.

With campuses in Westbrook, Madison and Guilford, Vista is a community-based education program accredited by the National Commission for the Accreditation of Special Education Services. Last year, the organization provided services to more than 300 individuals and their families.

For more information, please visit the Vista Life Innovations website.