A new childcare facility is scheduled to open in Basalt this fall. Pitkin County already committed $250,000 to the buildout but is considering spending more amid high construction costs. Blue Lake Preschool will occupy the.
Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a four-part series of stories focusing on the challenges parents and guardians face in finding adequate child care in Garfield County. Read the first part, “No winners…
The child care crisis has come to the forefront of solutions-based actions both locally and at the state level, where some different things are in the works to try to meet the demand.