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Resident
Sara Meurling and her husband, Ted Kaiser, have owned land in Leeds and the Thousand Islands for over 30 years. Ted’s family, the O’Connors, settled the area of Long Point in the early 19th century and he spent much of his childhood on Lost Bay Lake off Black Rapids Road. In 2019, with both of their sons grown, Sara and Ted decided to move ‘home’ from Toronto and embark on the next stage of their life at Black Rapids (where they live in Ward 2). Ted became a certified forest therapy guide in 2020 and Sara opened Sara’s Boho Vintage on Prince St in Lansdowne in 2022.
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Community Leader
Sara has been active as a member of the Lansdowne community, joining the Lansdowne Association for Revitalization and volunteering as producer of the Tea and Style charity fashion show at the TLTI Community Building in March 2025. In addition, she is happy to support local events and organizations with donations of product from Sara’s Boho Vintage. Sara has been proud to lay Remembrance Day wreath on behalf of the business community of the Township every year for the past 3 years running.
Sara was also very active in Toronto community as board member and volunteer with many organizations ranging from national advocacy organization the Canadian Arts Coalition, her local Business Improvement Associations, through to her local non-profit day care.
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Professional Background
Beginning as a teen in Kingston’s community theatre community, Sara’s first paid position in theatre was as house manager at the Grand Theatre in Kingston. She graduated from York University in Toronto with a degree in theatre. In Toronto, she worked with award-winning theatre companies and individual artists as well as internationally acclaimed dance artists - with budgets ranging from tiny shoestring productions to multi-million-dollar institutions.
From 1998 to 2006, Sara was the General Manager of Carbon Computing, one of Canada’s largest independent Apple Computer resellers where she shepherded the company’s remarkable growth from single office to a multi-location, $18.5 million sales and service operation. She retired from the position of Executive Director of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres in early 2019.
Over the years, Sara has had experience in financial and human resource management, marketing and public relations, grant writing, government relations, and advocacy. She is excited to bring this experience and skills to Leeds and the Thousand Islands.
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Property Owner
Sara has been a residential and recreational property owner in the Township since 2005
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Business Owner
Sara has been a a proud business owner of Sara's Boho Vintage in the Township since 2022
