Great Bay Kids' Company Coming to Epping Road

Great Bay Kids’ Company (GBKC), a local non-profit child-care provider, has finalized the purchase of the site of its new facility on Epping Road in Exeter and is preparing to break ground on their 14,000 square foot facility in January 2015. Over the past few months, Great Bay Kids’ Company has worked closely with the Exeter Planning Board and the Town Planner to obtain the necessary approvals and permits required to construct the facility.

“This is a new day for the agency - a really exciting stage in our growth,” said Mark Paige, GBKC Chair of the Board of Directors and Professor of Public Policy & Education Law, UMASS Dartmouth. “We have a forty year history in Exeter and we are pleased that we are firmly rooting ourselves here for decades to come,” he added.

“We’ve now dotted all I’s and crossed all the T’s. This project is shovel ready,” said Meg Bateman, Secretary of the GBKC Board of Directors and corporate attorney with the McLane Law Firm in Manchester. The new facility will be completed by fall 2015.

Great Bay Kids’ Company currently provides care for toddlers to school age children, ages 2 to 12, in Exeter. After completion, Great Bay Kids’ Company will be able to provide care for infants and young toddlers as well.

“Great Bay Kids’ is committed to providing quality affordable care for area families, including infants and young toddlers,” noted Wendy Monroe Executive Director. “With this facility we are fulfilling that commitment.”

The recently opened Georgetown Bank in Stratham and the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund in Concord were instrumental in helping finance the project. Additional project partners include DeStefano Architects PLLC, in Portsmouth for architectural design, Martini Northern, in Portsmouth for construction management services and John Turner Consulting, Inc. for civil engineering services. GBKC remains located at 13 School St. in Exeter until the project is complete.

For more information, including corporate sponsorship opportunities at the new location, please visit our website greatbaykids.org or find us on Facebook.

Submitted text and courtesy graphic.