This is not a new concept.
Our future is built from our past.
The rise in the presence of women and single parents in the workforce in the 1960s created a challenge to provide quality education, meals, and nurturing care for children in the early stages of development. After years of planning and fundraising, the Downtown Day Care Center opened in 1971. In its 43 year history, it helped enrich the lives of thousands of children.
The closing of the Downtown Day Care Center in the summer of 2014 was necessary due to structural and mechanical issues in the facility. Building on the legacy of our past, we begin a new vision to create a state-of-the-art facility for early childhood education and care that offers accessibility to all. Though the challenges of life in 1972 have changed to some degree, the need remains to prepare and nurture the young lives of today for a better community and world tomorrow.