With a corn field as a backdrop, Holyoke Community Childcare Initiative program coordinator Trisha Herman explains what a proposed child care center could be like on this piece of land on the southeast edge of Holyoke. — Darci Rodriguez | The Holyoke Enterprise
Attendees at a July 25 campaign kickoff event gather around Trisha Herman, Holyoke Community Childcare Initiative program coordinator, on a piece of land southwest of First Baptist Church. HCCI hopes to raise $1 million for a $3.35 million child care facility in hopes of breaking ground here by 2023. The initiative has already raised $1.6 million and plans to reapply for a $750,000 grant. — Darci Rodriguez | The Holyoke Enterprise
Key players in the quest for a local child care facility are pictured July 25 at the future home of the building, from left, Holyoke Community Childcare Initiative board treasurer Tiffany Watson, president Tom Bennett, program coordinator Trisha Herman, board member Krista Doble and secretary Olga Sullivan. Not pictured is vice president Evan Fust. — Darci Rodriguez | The Holyoke Enterprise
$1 million: Can we make it happen?
There could be two infant rooms here, and the toddler rooms would be over there.
