The Shattuck Child Care Center, established in 1969, will be relocated to a new, affordable space in Brooke House, a future apartment complex for low-income seniors, as part of the Olmsted Village project in Mattapan, Boston. The project, which will also include housing for foster children, young adults, and families, aims to create an intergenerational community. Construction is expected to begin early next year and the center hopes to move in by spring 2028.
A rendering of the future site of the Shattuck Child Care Center. The Shattuck Child Care Center, an affordable child care center established in 1969, will have a new home on the ground floor of Brooke House, a future apartment complex for low-income older adults., an intergenerational neighborhood offering affordable housing and services for foster children, families, young adults and senior adults.
“This is the last chapter of the story, which we’re really excited to be a part of,” said Zoe Weinrobe, the chief of real estate forShattuck was an obvious partner to 2Life when it considered incorporating affordable child care into its proposal, according to Lizabeth Heyer, 2Life’s president. She said she sent her children to Shattuck and remembered the center’s struggle to find a permanent home after the state decommissioned its original location in 2012.
Both Shattuck and 2Life want their relationship to be more than landlord-tenant: as the building comes together, so will plans to foster a meaningful connection among the children, senior adults and wider Olmsted community. "If you’re lonely, or if you live alone, sometimes hearing kids' voices and laughter is a nice thing to brighten up your day."She sees a future where a 20-year-old living in Treehouse is an aide for her classroom, or a former librarian living in Brooke House spends time teaching the children how to read.
Most importantly, the center’s co-director is looking forward to having more socioeconomic diversity in her classrooms at its future location. She believes Shattuck, which accepts vouchers from“I believe that our program is going to meet the needs more of that community,” she said. “And we always want families with vouchers to be able to find space.”
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