First Posted: 9/17/2008
MetroAction presents a check for $35,000 in loan funds to Amy Ware and Erin Alexander of Learn and Grow Early Childhood Center, a new child care center located in Scranton. The Learn and Grow Early Childhood Center will accommodate children from 2 ½ years of age through school-aged children and offer an educational environment that is steeped in hands on learning and nurturing child care. MetroAction offers small business financing and training programs to start-up and expanding small businesses in eight counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, including: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming. For more information, contact MetroAction at (570) 342-7711 or visit . Shown, from left, are: Amy Ware, co-owner, Learn and Grow Early Childhood Center; Kristine Augustine, vice president of business and community development, MetroAction; Erin Alexander, co-owner, Learn and Grow Early Childhood Center.