Rangeley Childcare Center breaks ground with plans for 2025 open [Video]

RANGELEY, Maine — Community leaders in the Rangeley area broke ground Friday on a new child care facility they hope will help support growth of the region’s workforce.

The $3.5 million Rangeley Childcare Center will offer about 50 spots for infants and kids through 5 years old, giving parents in the area more options. It will also have an extra classroom to potentially expand the space to take on an additional 20 or so more kids.

The Beth Brunswick Memorial Fund is taking on the project. Nonprofit leaders said there are only three childcare facilities in the area, and only one of them takes kids younger than 2 years old.

“Some people work Monday, Wednesday, Friday because they don’t have daycare Tuesday, Thursday,” Leeanna Wilbur, the secretary and treasurer of the nonprofit, said. “Others find that they …