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Gluten Free Bakery Announces Closing

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After 12½ years of love, flour, tears, triumphs, and community, The Neighborhood Nest in Fairborn will be closing their bakery on December 31, 2025. Owner Amber Tipton posted this today on her social media:
“This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. The Nest was never just a bakery—it was a safe haven for the allergy community, a place where people could finally exhale and enjoy food made with care. Together, we built something rare and beautiful. I will forever be grateful for the community we curated and the trust you placed in us.
Unfortunately, the financial reality has become impossible to sustain. Over the last year, food costs have risen anywhere from 20% to 50%, utilities have continued to climb, and in January our lease is set to double—even though we already struggle to meet our current rent. We have poured every ounce of personal financial resources into keeping our doors open, but we simply have no more to give.
To every customer who has been part of The Nest family: thank you. Thank you for supporting us, believing in us, and sharing your lives with us. Thank you for the conversations, the laughter, the tears, and the humanity. The relationships I’ve had with you—and with my incredible staff—are what made these 12½ years richer than I ever could have imagined.
We hope to make this last month as sweet and meaningful as possible.
With endless gratitude and love,

– Amber & The Nest Team

On a personal note, I wanted to share that Amber has the biggest heart, often the first one to offer to help on local fundraisers, or to feed our community during the furlough and SNAP issues.  I am so sad for her and her staff and wish them all the very best as the head on to the next chapter.

She’ll be open for the month of December, let’s send her out on a high note- stop on by for some fabulous cinnamon roles, breads, pies and other treats.
-LMG

Freshly Baked Gingerbread Kits Available Via The Neighborhood Nest

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The Neighborhood Nest offers a great selection of gluten free breads, biscuits, bagels, cookies, cakes, pastries, and various savory items.  This week they are offering DIY Gingerbread House kits for sale.
Chef/owner Amber E. Tipton bakes these from scratch in a dedicated gluten free bakery and away from their nut area so safe for nut allergies.  You put them together and then decorate them.  Amber even has a video you should watch to give you instruction and tips on how to put together.
The $50 Kits include: house pieces, Royal icing (vegan available), dye-free/allergy friendly candy, and a cake pad and sprinkles. Houses are 6” x 8” x 12”
If you’d rather use your own candy order the $35 House only kit includes: house pieces, Royal icing (vegan available), cake pad.
Preorder menu will go up  on their website on Tuesday 12/6 and end Sunday 12/11 by 10pm. While you’re there check out their other offerings and know that the Nest has many partners so if you can’t make it to Fairborn to pick up your goodies, you have 12 options from Springboro to Troy and many spots in between.

The Neighborhood Nest

313 W Main St
Fairborn OH

(937) 902-3515

Store Hours:

Wednesday – Friday 8am-6pm
Saturday 8am-2pm

Dayton’s First Donut Fest

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Planned2Give, a local event planning business that hosts fundraising events for nonprofits in the Miami Valley, has really struggled, as the pandemic has truly shut down most of their events. But they’ve decided to launch a new event, that can be successfully executed during the pandemic.
Dayton Donut Festival on Tour! is a self-guided tour of the Miami Valley’s  locally owned donut shops, which kicks off this Friday, Feb 12th and runs through Sunday, Feb 21st.   Purchase a coupon booklet for just $25 and you’ll get a coupon that can be redeemed for 3 donuts at each of the 10 stops on the tour, during each shops regular hours (a couple are even open 24 hous), which are noted in the booklet.  According to P2G co-founder Jeff Jackson, “it feels good to create an event that will draw traffic to these small independent shops at a time when business is slower due to the pandemic.”
Participating donut shops include:
  • Ashley’s Pastry Shop – Oakwood
  • Bear Creek Donuts – Miamisburg
  • Bill’s Donut Shop – Centerville
  • Donut Haus – Springboro
  • Donut Palace – Huber Heights & Trotwood
  • Duck Donuts – Dayton
  • Evans Bakery –  Old North Dayton
  • Jim’s Donut Shop – Vandalia
  • Neighborhood Nest- Fairborn
  • Stan The Donut Man- Kettering
Ticket sales benefit Miami Valley Meals, who serve those who are affected by food insecurity, by providing bulk nutritious chef-prepared meals to organizations that feed the hungry. In March of 2020 Miami Valley Meals began work to support a project addressing pandemic needs. Co-founded by Chef Matt DeAngulo, Bill Evans and Amanda DeLotelle, the mission was to employ pandemic furloughed culinary professionals to quickly and efficiently bulk prepare frozen meals from recovered food for distribution through organizations that feed the hungry.  By “serving those who serve the hungry,” we hope to support efforts of existing operations through food, freeing up their resources to focus on their missions and outreach.  This community organization is making such a huge difference in our community, currently serving over 5000 meals each week.