First Look: Inside Jackson Square’s $17 Million Early Education Center
By Chris Helms on June 16, 2014
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.
Overview of the crowd at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
Students use tablet computers on the day of the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
Nurtury students and Mayor Marty Walsh at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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.
The ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
State Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the crowd gathered for the ribbon cutting at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
Plenty of space for strollers! View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
Observation rooms let educators and visitors see learning in action at the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
View of the Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
Students use tablet computers on the day of the ribbon-cutting for Nurtury Learning Lab on June 16, 2014.
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.
