Three weeks…  That is all it took for Tanya Vesely, one of the Dragons’ Den Meaford finalists to bring her business to fully fledged operational fruition.   The Travellin’ Scrapper will be opening its door to the public on Friday November 13, 2009 at 10am.  The new store will be located at 24 Trowbridge Street in the heart of Meaford.  The store, which encompasses over 1200 square feet, will boast a large open classroom space for instructional seminars and a place to work on scrap booking and paper craft projects.  The retail section will carry a comprehensive assortment of tools, papers and supplies for this ever growing hobby.

This date and time will bring together over a year of planning, writing business plans, many a sleepless night and one fateful appearance on Meaford’s hugely popular take on the CBC show, The Dragons’ Den.   On the show, budding entrepreneurs venture into the den to gain highly sought after start up funds.  Meaford’s own Dragons, Todd Campbell of RBA Financial Group, Chris Davies of Muxlow Pharmacy, and Gary Bochna of SOS-Storage On Site in Thornbury saw merit and potential in Tanya’s idea and awarded her $1500 to get The Travellin’ Scrapper off the ground.  In addition, some supporting prizes to assist her with the start up were awarded by the Business Enterprise Centre, mycollingwood.ca, ShopMeaford.com and Scotiabank.

In conjunction with Meaford’s Economic Development Strategy, The Travellin’ Scrapper will provide a new retail haven for people to shop in Meaford for their scrap booking and paper craft supplies.  It will also bring 2 full time and approximately 4 part time positions to the Meaford economy.  This is precisely the kind of result that the Meaford & District Chamber of Commerce was hoping for when it initially made the decision to host the first ever Dragons’ Den Meaford.

Visit The Travellin’ Scrapper at 24 Trowbridge Street Unit 8 or at www.travellinscrapper.com to see the wide assortment of classes and products available.

The Travellin’ Scrapper will be THE place in Meaford for friends to meet, exchange ideas and preserve memories.