Bakehouse Opens Its Doors

After much anticipation, the oven is fired up and delivering homemade treats at Bakehouse in Downtown Frederick. Owner Kim MacDonald is serving cakes, cookies, croissants and more at 69 S. Market St. just steps from Carroll Creek Linear Park. The business is also selling local Rise Up coffee! Kim and her husband, Dan, undertook the renovations of the quaint bakery and café themselves. They installed personal touches including a repurposed family dining table as a coffee bar and plenty of hanging plants in the windows. Dan even built the tables himself! The location offers lots of natural light and great views of Carroll Creek. Congratulations Bakehouse!

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Marvin Ezra Ausherman, a native of Frederick County, received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Miami University of Ohio in 1974.

Marvin then joined his father in the family’s residential home building business. He eventually took the reins of the company until it was sold to Drees Homes in 2003. Marvin had a successful career as a second-generation residential home builder/developer, completing 30 communities and 5,000 homes over 40 years. For the past 15 years, Marvin has been a commercial developer/investor and devotes much of his time to the family’s philanthropic endeavors. He created the Ausherman Family Trust in 2000 and the Ausherman Family Foundation in 2006.

Marvin has and always will be involved in many Frederick County organizations and projects for the betterment of the Frederick community. He has served on the County’s Affordable Housing Council as chair and on the Boards of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, the Community Foundation of Frederick County, YMCA of Frederick County, Federated Charities, Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Frederick Health, Frederick Community College, and others. He is the founder of BlueRidge Bank, a local Frederick County community bank, and also a member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Frederick.