Clinton News Record, 2016-09-07, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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Gerrie Huenemoerder was named the 2016 Win This Space winner. She plans to pursue her long
dream of creating jewelry.
Second Win This Space contest results
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Mimicking the same sur-
face that Hollywood stars
walk on, the red carpet cov-
ered the Seaforth Golf &
Country Club entrance to
greet the Win This Space
competition.
Akin to any celebrity, the
five finalists out of the pre-
liminary 13 challengers were
decked out from head -to -toe
and were thrown into the
limelight to battle for the
number one spot on August
27.
There may not have been
any famous people at the
venue, however the contest
welcomed several influen-
tial politicians including
Huron County Warden Paul
Gowing, the Mayor of
Huron East Bernie MacLel-
lan and Lisa Thompson, the
MPP for the riding of
Huron -Bruce.
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Welcoming all the public
free of charge with a plat-
ter of food and wine, it was
a night of anticipation to
see who would win a total
prize package of nearly
$20,000.
Included in the winner's
purse and to help steer the
participants in a successful
business direction, a
$4,000 teaching initiative
from the Huron Business
Development Corporation
was included. This will
involve the HBDC sitting
down with the victor for
one hour each week to
conduct small business
mentoring and advisory
services for a period of 52
weeks.
Also costing $4,000 is ser-
vices from Edifice Atelier,
Vintage Home Charm Tele-
vision and Rediscovering
Canada Television. They
have agreed to provide the
winner of Win This Space
with a weekly graphic
media blast on their social
media pages for three
weeks.
Furthermore, Fanshawe
College's Goderich site
has offered one course in
Business Entrepreneur-
ship and Management
Program.
This year's theme is an
industrial/manufacturing
theme compared to the last
Win this Space theme, which
was retail focused.
Following the same
mechanics as 2015, the sole
winner will be compensated
with 12 months of rent and is
expected to open up shop in
Vanastra.
From the business aspect
of it, the five women who
made it to the finals were
guided by Alison Lobb,
from Huron Small Business
Enterprise Centre, who
specializes in small busi-
ness throughout Huron
County.
Upon signing up to com-
pete in the Win This Space
initiative, it was compulsory
to take a fast-track college/
university course.
"They had to take this
course if they wanted to
advance to the next level,"
stated Huron East economic
development officer, Jan
Hawley, while also adding
that specific business course
is what led to the process of
elimination to five
contestants.
After all the guests settled
in, the Win This Space com-
petition began with seven
judges critiquing their
performances.
The judges were Hawley,
Lobb, Maureen Agar, Ray
Chartrand, Paul Nichol,
Cathy Elliott and Sherry
McLaughlin.
The judges graded the
women on their oral presen-
tation, financials, marketing
and liability among several
other aspects.
"It's a huge check list,"
stated Hawley after the win-
ner was announced.
All seven judges headed
down stairs to regroup
after all the Win This
Space participants said
what they had to say in a
set time limit followed by
one question by the
judges.
After the judges deliber-
ated, they made the tough
decision to declare Gerrie
Huenemoerder the winner.
Gerrie plans to bring her
passion of creating jewelry to
a reality.
"You know when I was a
teenager, I was really good
at science and really good
at art," she said after tak-
ing pictures with the sig-
nature Win This Space cut
out.
Huenemoerder's busi-
ness will emphasize the
making of gold, platinum
and silver jewelry created
from scratch. She is eager
to start the business in
Vanastra, an undertaking
she predicts will boost the
economy.
"In my business plan, I
should create at least 10 jobs
in the next two years," she
said.
"These are definitely not
minimum -wage [jobs], and
that's big."
According to Huenemo-
erder, she predicts the salary
to be somewhere in the
range of $40,000 yearly.
Win this Space has been a
successful strategy to pro-
mote local business since
Hawley followed a related
promotion that was success-
ful in the south-central
Ontario township of
Uxbridge in 2013.
Now, to date, Hawley has
assisted in Win This Space
launches across the prov-
ince, including the city of
Sudbury, Peterborough,
Smith Falls, Ottawa, St.
Catherine's and Grey
County.
"I can see this riding again
on another success. I can see
this happening one more
year. This time we might be
taking it back to Brussels
because there are some extra
store fronts there," explained
Hawley.