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Good Cookies? Ashleigh Ratchford Goes Next Level!

The owner of Durham's Ashleigh Bakes Daily shared her story in a Q&A with Next Level Local's Michelle Johnson.

Wes Platt

Wes Platt

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After five years of effort and ambition, baker Ashleigh Ratchford has a brick-and-mortar storefront for Ashleigh Bakes Daily - and she's moving to a new home on Main Street in downtown Durham at the end of May.

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On Monday, she spoke at a monthly meeting of Michelle Johnson's Next Level Local networking group at Tobacco Wood Brewing in South Durham.

"There's plenty of good cookies on the market," she told the crowd, "but I don't think there are any like mine."

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