Lisa Yoder hands out cookies to guests during her ribbon cutting celebration Thursday, Oct. 8, at The Next Chapter Bookstore.
Sometimes, all it takes to start a new chapter is a simple statement, a little encouragement from a fortune cookie, and a community that knows what it wants. For Lisa Yoder, the idea of opening a bookstore in Bellefontaine began with something she kept hearing from people around town: They wanted a bookstore.
A little more than a year ago, Yoder decided she would be the one to make it happen.
“I’m going to open a bookstore,” she told her daughter, Amanda Keels.
When Keels asked what brought on the idea, her mother had a straightforward answer.
“Everyone says we need one.”
With that, The Next Chapter Book Store was born…. READ MORE….
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