Difference between revisions of "Cat's Meow Village"

Cat's Meow Village
Type	Giftwares; Gift, Novelty & Souvenir Stores
Industry	Retail; Manufacturing
Fate	Active
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	2163 Great Trails Dr., Wooster, Ohio

Revision as of 14:06, 12 August 2021

Current Contact Information
Address	2163 Great Trails Dr.
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone	Phone: (330) 264-1377
Contact Person	Firstname Enter Lastname here
Contact Title	Owner
Last updated	2018-12

Locations

2163 Great Trails Dr., Wooster, Ohio 44691

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Comprehensive History

In 1982, Faline Fry Jones established her business producing The Cat's Meow Village buildings and accessories. Each Cat's Meow house or building is around 6" tall, made of wood, and painted to represent famous structures as well as imaginary ones, and each features a small black cat, modeled after her cat Casper. Jones took the first hand-painted house to Rosanne Burger at A Country Tradition, who placed the first order and helped promote the craft^[1]. The Cat's Meow Village quickly expanded and worked with Jeff Miller at Archwood, who cut and sanded the wood for the houses and later rented a portion of the facility to The Cat's Meow to keep both operations on the same premises.

By 1984, the business had grown so much that Jones had to hire additional employees and even began taking on screen printing jobs such as making real estate signs and printed t-shirts^[2]. Jones renamed the company to FJ Designs at this time, and as her business expanded, Archwood lost space in the shared facility on Nold Avenue. In 1985, Archwood moved into a separate location on East Liberty Street, and in 1986, FJ Designs grew out of their existing space and relocated to a building on Bowman Street with three and a half times the space^[3].

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References

↑ The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.14
↑ The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.31
↑ The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.36

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[1] The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.14

[2] The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.31

[3] The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History, p.36

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 ==Comprehensive History==
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+In 1982, Faline Fry Jones established her business producing The Cat's Meow Village buildings and accessories. Each Cat's Meow house or building is around 6" tall, made of wood, and painted to represent famous structures as well as imaginary ones, and each features a small black cat, modeled after her cat Casper. Jones took the first hand-painted house to Rosanne Burger at A Country Tradition, who placed the first order and helped promote the craft<ref><i>The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History</i>, p.14</ref>. The Cat's Meow Village quickly expanded and worked with Jeff Miller at Archwood, who cut and sanded the wood for the houses and later rented a portion of the facility to The Cat's Meow to keep both operations on the same premises.
+By 1984, the business had grown so much that Jones had to hire additional employees and even began taking on screen printing jobs such as making real estate signs and printed t-shirts<ref><i>The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History</i>, p.31</ref>. Jones renamed the company to FJ Designs at this time, and as her business expanded, Archwood lost space in the shared facility on Nold Avenue. In 1985, Archwood moved into a separate location on East Liberty Street, and in 1986, FJ Designs grew out of their existing space and relocated to a building on Bowman Street with three and a half times the space<ref><i>The Cat's Meow Village: 10 Years of Building History</i>, p.36</ref>.
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