Denman Island Receives Childcare Space Funding

community · 2019 · Denman Island Community School site

Comox Valley Schools received $992,520 in funding from the Government of British Columbia to construct a dedicated childcare facility on the Denman Island Community School site. The new facility will create 20 additional licensed childcare spaces for children aged 12 months to 5 years and is expected to be available by summer 2020. The project is a partnership with Blackberry Lane Children’s Centre to address the community's growing childcare needs.

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• “Comox Valley Schools has received close to $1 million in funding... to construct a stand-alone dedicated childcare facility on the Denman Island Community School site... Funding will allow for the creation of 20 additional childcare spaces... Building designs for the care facility have already been underway... Comox Valley Schools aims to have the facility available... as early as the summer of 2020.” — The Islands Grapevine – November 28th, 2019 (November 28th, 2019)

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