By Emma Loura
Workers in October broke ground on the Flint Hills Community Accelerator and Childcare Business Initiative, a facility to house and develop childcare businesses in Manhattan. Construction is underway at the planned site at the intersection of Kimball and College avenues.
Executive director Lisa Isaacson, who also is the director of early childhood education at Manhattan Area Technical College, said Manhattan needs more places for children.
“The issue of childcare has been an ongoing concern for this community and for the whole United States for years,” Isaacson said. “People have not been able to come up with a way that works.”
