Guild of St. Agnes will use $1M state grant to run daycare center in Creative Hub
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The main events center at the planned Creative Hub Worcester
Childcare nonprofit Guild of St. Agnes will run a daycare center as a future tenant of the Creative Hub Community Arts Center Worcester, powered by a $1-million grant from the Early Education and Out-of-School Time grant program, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care announced on Thursday.
The Guild will create a new early learning program at Creative Hub, providing an additional 88 toddler and preschool slots, according to DEEC. Creative Hub is a $14.4-million arts and creative complex being developed in an old Boys Club at 2 Ionic Ave. in Worcester.
“As Creative Hub's mission is to provide accessible and equitable space for our community, we realized that childcare is a perfect fit for our programming,” Laura Marotta, Creative Hub’s executive director, said in an interview with WBJ. “Not only will Main South and Worcester families (of all income levels) have access to subsidized and safe childcare, but they will also have access to the rest of the arts programming that will be happening in the building.”
Creative Hub will aim to provide comprehensive support to the community, Marotta said, which includes providing affordable childcare.
“We are more than blessed to have the Guild as a future tenant of Creative Hub Community Arts Center … and their presence will only enhance our programs and plans for the building, which still includes studio space for artists, classroom space, event space that will host cultural, musical, and dance programs, a makerspace, and more,” she said.
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