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Adriana Horton, 31 Owner of Oh Honey Baking Co., Baker, Cake Artist, Small Business Advocate, and Founder of The Mill Hill Bakers Collective. rest of my life, and I hope to continue to be a resource to my peers as our community grows and changes. In 2020, I was given the opportunity to follow through with my dream of opening a bakery in Ingleside Village. My husband started working at Society Garden in 2018, so I would be in The Village late at night, peering into the windows of the building next to the gate and imagining what could be so clearly. I honestly couldn't let it go. After the success of the Bakers Collective, I learned that when you really want something, you can't keep it a secret, and you have to tell everyone what you see and what you intend on doing so that you will push yourself into being obligated to follow through with the vision. After several years of nonstop cakes and occasionally setting up in Society Garden to sell treats and tell people about my dream, I eventually somehow managed to tell the right people because the vision has become reality, and the little cafe with a green couch facing the window and cinnamon buns and coffee so good that people get angry when we run out really does exist. Right now, what is the best thing going on in Macon? Growth, change, restoration. Tell us about your job and why you chose your career field. I feel as though baking and cake decorating chose me before I chose it. I have baked with my mom my whole life, as she did with my Grandma. She was always the life of the party with her pies and cakes. I think witnessing the joy she would feel as everyone raved about her treats led me to seek out the same gratification in my life. Tell us about your activities in the community, especially what you're most excited about. In 2019, I submitted a proposal to The Macon Arts Alliance to start The Mill Hill Bakers Collective, which is a nonprofit shared kitchen program for businesses licensed under the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The Bakers Collective gave me the opportunity to learn and grow while simultaneously learning how to help other business owners. Being given the ability to create a safe space that focuses on community over competition is an experience I will hold dearly for the "I WAS ONCE TOLD THAT MACON IS A WAVE THAT IS JUST GETTING STARTED AND THAT CREATIVE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THE ONES PUSHING THAT WAVE. I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE WAVE FOR MACON AND SEE IT FLOURISH AND BECOME ALL THAT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE. " -ADRIANA HORTON 44 maconmagazine.com | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2022