Doylestown Health held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Children’s Village Saturday, Dec. 4.
A day care facility located on the Doylestown Hospital campus, Children’s Village was damaged beyond repair on Aug. 4, 2020, when an EF2 tornado touched down in Doylestown.
The project will construct a new multiuse facility for the Children’s Village Child Care Center at the site of the old center. At approximately 42,000 square feet, there will be rooms for infants through kindergartners, a multipurpose area, library, playground and outdoors learning space, and a secure entrance to the center. The new facility is scheduled for a 2023 opening.
Donors, local officials, legislators, and families and staff of Children’s Village gathered for the groundbreaking.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero said Dec. 3, that he has secured $2 million in state grant funds from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) to help rebuild Children’s Village.
“I want to thank Governor Wolf for agreeing to my request to dedicate RACP funds to rebuild an important part of the Doylestown Hospital campus that was devastated when a violent tornado struck in the middle of the day with the center full of children and staff,” said Santarsiero.
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