Greater Nashua
Hassan tours renovated Early Ed Center at Merrimack YMCA
MERRIMACK - U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) recently toured the glistening hallways and classrooms of the newly-renovated Early Education Center at the YMCA of Greater Nashua. The $2.7 million renovation began two years ago and was completed last month. The Early Education Center now features 19 classrooms, each with its own New Hampshire-specific name such as Loon, Winnipesaukee and Monadnock. The center can also accommodate 395 children ages six weeks through five years. This makes it New Hampshire’s largest single-site childcare program and the largest YMCA childcare center in the U.S. During the March 2 tour, Chief Operating Officer Joseph Manzoli said the current childcare center was a private health club before the YMCA purchased the building in the early-1990s. Childcare has been available at that location since 1999. “We’ve got folks who have been with us for 20 ...
