- July 9, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Lynn Balstad (left) sits with some young children on the Greenbush Child Care Task Force-Lil’ Chompers Child Care float during the Greenbush Fourth of July parade. Balstad is part of this group, one looking to help address the area’s childcare shortage. (photo by Ryan Bergeron)
A group of individuals united to address a shortage in Greenbush: child care. As it currently stands, Greenbush has two childcare providers.
After some work behind the scenes, this group of people formed a non-profit called Greenbush Child Care Task Force-Lil’ Chompers Child Care. In the process, this group has already helped to add at least one more childcare business to Greenbush— to begin in just a couple months.
Establishing this non-profit allows the task force to apply for grant funding, Greenbush Mayor Eric Etherington explained during a June 21, 2021 Greenbush city council meeting. He said the group had contacted state representative John Burkel about…
