GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Rogue Valley non-profit dedicated to early childhood education will soon be expanding its services to Grants Pass.
The Oregon Center for Creative Learning will be taking over drive-thru coffee chain Dutch Bros former corporate headquarters building.
The creative learning center operates the Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon in addition to eight preschools, serving 260 students throughout the Medford School District.
The nearly $3 million property will be the Medford organization’s first facility in Josephine County, expanding the work it does to combat what it calls an early education desert in southern Oregon.
Dutch Bros donated the building, as many of its corporate jobs moved to Arizona this year.
With the building on 4th and G now secured, enthusiasm is brewing.
“That was the thing that we said, we need someone to bring a building forward and Dutch Bros has done that in a really big way,” said Executive Director Sunny Spicer. “It’s a beautiful building, right downtown. It’s the perfect place for what we want to do. There’s still more to do, but it’s still a very doable project.”
Additional funding is still being secured, but the non-profit says it plans to start moving into the building in December, with preschool classes starting next fall.
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