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Creative entrepreneur & owner of Sarindipity Marketing and founder of Trailblazer Events, a cre8tive marketing company that plans and promotes events.

Sari is an inspirational trailblazer who offers marketing services to the Uxbridge BIA and is the founder of Uxbridge’s shop local HOOT initiative and the winner of 3 prestigious awards for the unique WIN THIS SPACE initiative which attracted 55 business ideas in 55 days.

As a result, Uxbridge will soon be home to The Second Wedge Brewery. Sari has a flair for networking and believes that partnerships, teamwork and creativity yield results!

WIN THIS SPACE…People Inspiring People!

Filling spaces & fulfilling entrepreneurs dreams

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Teresa joined BACD in August 2012 and has been working with the board of directors and key stakeholders to re-enthuse BACD with many new programs and services. Teresa worked in over 5 start up organizations across 3 countries and moved to Canada in August 1999 to be part of a small start up in Toronto that specialized in Call Centre Staffing.

After working in this industry for 7 years, she went to work for the Whitby Chamber of Commerce and spent 5 years there. Teresa loved working with the local business community and helping small businesses to be successful. Teresa was also a business coach for the OSEB program working with new start up businesses for 3 years In her spare time Teresa loves to read, teach yoga and volunteer in her community.

WIN THIS SPACE…People Inspiring People!

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• The Uxbridge BIA planned to fill vacant spaces & fulfill someone’s dream of becoming Uxbridge’s newest entrepreneur!

• The BIA allocated $12,000 towards an entrepreneurs first year’s lease of a space in our BIA area • We partnered with BACD (The Business Advisory Centre of Durham) & Durham Region

Economic Development & Tourism to pool resources & planned to offer entrepreneurs FREE Business Builder Workshops, mentor nights & more!

• We launched a highly visible competition by branding our vacant retail spaces with a super-sized WIN THIS SPACE logo & vibrant, eye-catching lime-green vinyl as a background

• We set out to make people GREEN with envy over the possibility of an entrepreneur submitting a business idea & WINNING a BIA space!

WIN THIS SPACE…People Inspiring People!

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Read along how we started TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS… meet the winner of the Uxbridge BIA’s WIN THIS SPACE competition

Installing our WIN THIS SPACE competition branding in the windows of 10 vacant retail

spaces located in the Uxbridge BIA area

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TEAMWORK RESOURCES RESULTS

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• By joining together the Uxbridge BIA, BACD & Durham Region pooled our resources & offered our TOP 30 WIN THIS SPACE candidates a series of 3 FREE Business Builder workshops & interactive mentor nights

• We promoted our WIN THIS SPACE competition via the Uxbridge BIA website, face book page & twitter which generated community interest in the BIA’s competition & the opportunity to become an entrepreneur

• We updated our website to outline the competition details & created an on-line form for WIN THIS SPACE business idea submissions

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• Workshop 1 • Business Idea & Researching the potential Market

• Workshop 2 • Business Model Canvas and planning

• Workshop 3 • Marketing & Sales in a retail environment

BACD was the training partner for this WIN THIS SPACE initiative & was eagerly involved right from the very beginning as we planned this great event for Uxbridge. It was a pleasure to be able to roll out a new

business plan - The Business Model Canvas for this Business Plan competition. We ran 3 business workshops that taught the candidates how to run their business and to set it up for success. Thank you

Uxbridge BIA for the opportunity! Teresa Shaver, CSP Exc.Director (BACD) Business Advisory Centre Durham/WIN THIS SPACE Trainer

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JUDGE Andrea Stewart

Uxbridge BIA Director & Coldwell Banker Realtor

JUDGE Susan

Fumerton Uxbridge BIA Vice Chair,

& Owner Little Acorn

JUDGE Kathy Weiss

Manager, Durham Region

Economic Development & Tourism

JUDGE Malcolm

MacTaggart Spark Angel Investor

& Entrepreneur

JUDGE Councillor

Jacob Mantle

Township of Uxbridge & BIA Director

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“Entrepreneurs are just ordinary folks who have developed a belief in themselves and what they do!” Pat Higgins – Award-winning Owner Uxbridge Canadian Tire (Inspiring WIN THIS SPACE FINALE speaker)

INSPIRING SPEAKER Patrick Higgins,

Uxbridge Canadian Tire Owner

INSPIRING SPEAKER Sue

Bennett Bennett Design Owner & Air Force Mavericks

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WIN THIS SPACE…People Inspiring People!

Filling spaces & fulfilling entrepreneurs dreams

Ludwig Art Gallery

&

Meeting Room

ROYAL RUG

Rental

Team Uxbridge BIA jerseys sponsored by our local newspaper

“WIN THIS SPACE contest is an excellent initiative that demonstrates team efforts, and community support by

providing resources to all the contestants throughout the process. The Uxbridge Networking Group is proud to sponsor

each of the top 5 finalist a 1-year free Networking Group Membership to kick-start their new business venture.”

Annie Hardock – Founder/Chair Uxbridge & Area Networking Group WIN THIS SPACE Sponsor

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G. S. Tax Services & Bookkeeping

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“The most fulfilling part of Win This Space were the new relationships formed. Support from the Township, BIA, mentors, judges, and even competitors has been overwhelming. I'm proud to live in a

town that shows such compassion and interest for its entrepreneurs. Thank you to everyone who helped strengthen my dream; you have provided validation that I am walking the right path”.

Kevin Alexander - Alexander Computer Services (TOP 5 WIN THIS SPACE Entrepreneur)

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"As a local realtor & sponsor I had the opportunity to tour the available spaces with the Top 5 candidates. After meeting with many of the landlords I was struck by how positive they were about WIN THIS SPACE. They showed an enthusiasm & a willingness to become involved that I hadn't seen in Uxbridge. This was clearly a winning idea for the vitality of the town! It helped fill empty spaces for the landlords & gave budding entrepreneurs training. It was a pleasure to be part of such a positive & inspiring program." Andrea Stewart -Coldwell Banker RMR (WIN THIS SPACE Judge/Sponsor/BIA Director)

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“I thought right from the start that this was a phenomenal idea that the BIA was promoting to fill up our business spaces. In the middle of the contest, some of the participants were already ready and opened up their shops, and now the winner of the contest will as well. I think this was an excellent program to bring more business to Uxbridge, and I think the top 5 may also open up and bring their great business ideas to life. By partnering with BACD and the mentors, the participants also received a great education in smart

business practices. Well done all!” Janet McGhee CPA, CA, LPA

Janet McGhee Professional Corporation (WIN THIS SPACE MENTOR)

55 business idea submissions in 55 DAYS!

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“WIN THIS SPACE encouraged me to step back and do a lot of back ground work. Understanding the demographics in the area, the tools & different methods to obtain this information was very informative. Guiding us on how to do a business plan was a key part of this initiative. The business plan is the steering wheel of the business and is so important. Being a part of this contest helped me to further understand the costs associated with running a

business. Listening to the mentors share their stories was another key element to making this project a success. With all this knowledge, I was able to move forward and open my business.

A combination of BACD, the landlords and the mentors made this such a fantastic initiative.” Sonya Yake - Raffini Designs (TOP 30 WIN THIS ENTREPRENEUR- NEW BIA business opening soon!)

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“As a judge for the Win This Space, I was honored to be part of the process. The competition gave the applicants specific skill sets and tools necessary to open a business along with mentorship, sponsorship and partnership

opportunities. The networking connections alone will help these entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams. The tag line 'people inspiring people' says it all.

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this incredible BIA project.

It would behoove other communities to replicate this initiative in their own communities.” Susan Fumerton - Owner Little Acorn (WIN THIS SPACE Judge & Uxbridge BIA Vice-Chair)

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2 of the TOP 30 candidates already OPENED NEW BIA businesses during the competition! Another 2 business jumped in & leased space Many eager entrepreneurs are seeking BIA spaces Local newspaper sponsored team Uxbridge BIA jerseys for us to wear & encourage entrepreneurs to join our BIA WIN THIS SPACE generated positive BIA publicity, FREE media coverage, increased community awareness Interest from other Communities & Networking with other BIA’s Municipal World magazine editorial

“We look forward to embracing the Winner of this great initiative, as well embracing all the candidates & offering them a great networking venue at the Uxbridge Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast

meetings. We are excited to get to know the newest businesses & wish everyone the best of luck in their new endeavours”! Angela Horne – President Uxbridge Chamber of Commerce (WIN THIS SPACE sponsor/mentor)

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• live finale: 120+ VIP GUESTS

• BIA theme song: TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS

• TOP 5 entrepreneurs introduced VIDEO TAPED PITCHES & LIVE INTROS

• UXBRIDGE’s NEWEST ENTREPRENEUR: • WINNER announced live!

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Team Uxbridge BIA is proud to announce TRAILSPIN OUTDOOR SPORTS as our WIN THIS SPACE competition WINNER!

“ WIN THIS SPACE was an excellent opportunity for our Uxbridge business community to come together to provide resources and promote partnerships & networking opportunities.

It gave us all a chance to share our knowledge and was clearly a win~win for our existing and new BIA businesses.

Our WIN THIS SPACE competition was ideal for economic and business development.” Don Andrews – Owner Tin Cup/Tin Mill (WIN THIS SPACE Mentor/Uxbridge BIA Chair

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