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Megan Leonhardt

How a small town in Iowa banded together to build a new daycare center and ease the local childcare crisis

(Credit: Image courtesy of Grow Fairfield Economic Development Association)

These days, it’s more common to see daycares across the country permanently closing their doors. But a small town in Iowa is trying to reverse the trend: Earlier this year, Fairfield, Iowa welcomed its newest business, the Cambridge Little Achievers Center. 

The 14,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art childcare center opened Jan. 16, and will ultimately serve up to 185 children, ages six weeks to 12 years. That said, the center is ramping up slowly, opening with close to 20 teachers and staff who welcomed about 60 children in the first weeks. 

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