By Polly Mikula
Megan Wagner, owner of Dream Maker Bakers, announced Saturday Dec. 7, that she will be closing her bakery in Killington.
“With a mix of emotions, I’m announcing that Dream Maker Bakers will be permanently closing on December 22, 2024,” she posted on Facebook. “This is something that I have known I wanted since summer came to an end. I had a beautiful summer with my children and upon them returning to school and me to work full force again I realized right then the bakery was no longer where my heart was,” she said. “Sometimes though you must get what you think you want to realize what you truly want. Ever since I was a little girl, I was on a mission to prove something, what, and to whom I’m still not sure. I got an idea in my head and that became my focus, ‘my destiny.’ I loved it and I became really good at it. What I am realizing now though is that baking could have been anything I had chosen at that time. I am a determined and talented woman. I am realizing that my destiny in life, my biggest blessing, is my family and that isn’t something that I could have chosen or worked hard to get, it was something I was gifted with. Life is short and while I hope we have a lifetime together I don’t know that, and I don’t want anything to keep me from what I truly want in life any longer. It’s been a long hard chapter but a beautiful one that will sustain me for lifetime.”
Wagner will put the building up for sale soon and expects another restaurant would be interested in the space “but not necessarily a bakery,” she told the Mountain Times. “There’s a full kitchen here so really it could be anything.”
Prior to Wagner buying the building and opening Dream Maker Bakers six years ago on Aug. 22, 2018, Pete Timpone, chef-owner, had the Pasta Pot there for 44 years.
“I was really nervous to tell Pete,” Wagner confided, “but he was really happy for me; he’s really supportive.”
Wagner said she is so appreciative of all the support she’s received over the past six years. “From the staff that have stood by my side through every challenge thick and thin to the customers that have come in day after day showing their support. Thank You, from the bottom of my heart. It is because of every single one of you that I get to go out feeling proud with my head held high and I am forever grateful for that.”
“Megan has given tirelessly to our community, leaving an indelible mark through her talent, kindness, and generosity—not to mention setting the world record for the largest whoopie pie!,” the Killington Pico Area Association noted in its newsletter. “While we are sad to hear of Dream Maker Bakers closing its doors on December 22, 2024, we completely understand and applaud Megan’s courageous decision to embrace what matters most—her family and the beautiful memories yet to be made.”
Wagner said that she doesn’t know what the next chapter holds for her, but that “it will be full of love, laughter, smiles and amazing memories.”
“I will bake my little heart out for the community I love with the people I love for the next few weeks and on December 22, I am going to hang up my apron, go home to my family and just stay there for a real long while,” she wrote concluding her social media post.
“Megan’s heartfelt message reminds us all to cherish life’s most precious gifts and to follow our hearts, even when it means stepping away from what we’ve built. Her determination, talent, and passion have inspired us, and we know her next chapter will be just as extraordinary as she is,” the KPAA stated on behalf of its members and the greater community.
