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A Nurtury student high-fives Mayor Marty Walsh as Nurtury CEO Wayne Ysaguirre looks on at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Overview of the crowd at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Students use tablet computers on the day of the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Nurtury students and Mayor Marty Walsh at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Dignitaries cut the ribbon at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014. From left: Latoya Taromino, Bromley-Heath resident and Nurtury parent; State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain; Mayor Marty Walsh; Nurtury CEO Wayne Ysaguirre; City Councilor Matt O'Malley (behind Ysaguirre), JP and West Roxbury; Education Secretary Matt Malone and Bill McGonagle, administrator of Boston Housing Authority.
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State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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View of the crowd gathered for the ribbon cutting at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Plenty of space for strollers! View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Observation rooms let educators and visitors see learning in action at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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Students use tablet computers on the day of the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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File photo: Wayne Ysaguirre, left, and Mildred Hailey, longtime leader emeritus of the Bromley-Heath Tenant Management Corp., at the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
On Monday, nearly 200 people gathered to celebrate the opening of a state-of-the art early education center that will in time serve 175 Boston children and their families.
Nurtury Learning Lab, at 33 Bickford St. in Jackson Square, was many years and $17 million in the making.
Check back soon with Jamaica Plain News for more details from Monday's ribbon cutting.