08/15/2026
β€οΈποΈ Well... today made it feel real.
Thank you. Seriously. To everyone who came out this morning for the groundbreaking of what will eventually become our new home in downtown Luray. π₯β€οΈ
Standing inside that building today, watching it fill up with people, seeing the plans displayed, feeding everyone from a table sitting basically where we'll eventually be baking every day... it was a pretty surreal moment.
Nine months ago, Luray Artisan Bakery started in our house.
Today we got to stand inside approximately 4,000 square feet of what comes next.
That's CRAZY. π
We baked a BIG spread for this morning because obviously if you're going to invite us to a groundbreaking, we're going to feed everybody. π And getting to serve our food inside the future bakery for the first time was pretty damn special.
But today was about something much bigger than LAB.
This project means new life for a building that's been sitting empty. It means a new coworking space downtown. It means approximately 28 new workforce housing apartments for people who actually live and work in this community.
There are a LOT of people and organizations working behind the scenes to make this happen, and after seeing how many hands are involved today, I have even more appreciation for what it takes to pull off something of this size.
And Brad Herman β thank you for having the vision for this building, for investing in Page County in such a meaningful way, and for finding us and deciding we belonged somewhere in that vision. β€οΈ
To everyone who has bought a loaf of bread, joined Bread Club, stopped at the Bread Shed, ordered a cake, shared one of our posts, told a friend about us, or simply encouraged us along the way...
you helped put us in that room today.
That's something I'll never forget.
Now the fun part starts.
We get to build a bakery. π³ππ₯
Thank you, Page County. We can't wait to show you what's coming. β€οΈ