CENTER CITY ACADEMY

Center City Academy is a non-profit early child development center that will provide affordable, high-quality child care for people living and working in Wichita's urban core. The opportunity to create a more contemporary outreach to serve the needs of the redeveloping core is apparent. Research shows that the number of available openings in child care facilities in Sedgwick County can serve only 48% of the number of children under the age of six needing care... We believe Wichita's families with young children are not only our future, but necessary for our sustained growth and prosperity as a community. In the recent publication of the 2020 State of Downtown Report, Project Downtown has driven more than $1 billion of public and private investment to our urban core over the past 10 years. It is also noted that Wichita's Downtown is described as an "employment epicenter." But who will fill these positions and what will they be paid?Who will care for their children while these employees..