PieLab, an initiative of Project M, is focused on community development and engagement in Hale County, AL.

PieLab is a welcoming community space on Greensboro’s Main Street that provides delicious pie and coffee, as well as retail and hospitality job training for local youth through the YouthBuild Program. More than simply a pie shop, PieLab operates as a community design center focusing on community development projects and small business incubation in Greensboro and the surrounding five counties.

More about PieLab here, here, and here.  You can become a fan on facebook here.  Hopefully I’ll get to visit soon after they open!  “Everyone loves pie” is, I think, the solution to a lot of the world’s problems.

Donate to their kickstarter fund here.  They only have 17 hours and less than $3,000 to go to meet their goal.  Please chip in so they’ll have the start-up for their Downtown Greensboro storefront!  I promise to make a pilgrimage, eat pie in your honor, and take some photos.  You can hold me to my word.