Opening date set for West Seattle Bright Horizons at Link

Laurie Paul is a longtime West Seattle resident who is thrilled that her commute is about to get a lot shorter. She has been director of a Bright Horizons child-care center in Bellevue for 14 years – and now she is going to lead its first center in West Seattle, at Link (WSB sponsor) in The Triangle. If you see this before 7 pm, you have a chance to meet her during a drop-in informational session that’s under way at Cupcake Royale in The Junction (California/Alaska); otherwise, watch this webpage for upcoming events (like a hard-hat tour on March 31st). Paul told WSB contributor Ellen Cedergreen at today’s event that Bright Horizons is scheduled to open in Link on May 2nd.

Bright Horizons started back east and now has centers in North America and Europe. Some of its centers are partnered with companies to serve their employees (local Starbucks workers may be familiar with the Mermaid’s Lagoon program), but others are standalone community-serving centers like the one in West Seattle will be. According to our earlier conversation with regional manager Mahira Aleem, the center will serve more than 160 children, including three infant rooms. They also hope to integrate their program with some of Link’s unique features, such as the gardens planned on its rooftop deck. Their facilities are centered on the north side of Link, but they also have outdoor play areas, including one being built at the site east of neighboring Lien Animal Clinic where the Link construction trailer has been based.

Though they’re two months away from opening, they’re signing up families now, and you can find information – including phone and e-mail contacts – on their West Seattle-specific webpage, here.

3 Replies to "Opening date set for West Seattle Bright Horizons at Link"

  • JB March 4, 2011 (1:57 pm)

    This city needs more childcare providers. Unfortunately, my family’s interactions with Bright Horizon’s has found it to be so expensive I can’t imagine how a middle class family could possibly afford it. The starting price for newborn care at the South Lake Union facility was in the neighborhood of 2K per month with no part-time care option. Sure hope the West Seattle site is more affordable. We did our research and invested the time on finding a qualified nanny. Now we get 1:1 care from a very well qualified nanny for a fraction of the cost. It took significant time to find the right person, but it has been SO worth it.

  • jsv March 18, 2011 (11:48 am)

    Does anyone know how to get in touch with Bright Horizons? I have called, left messages, sent email and no one has contacted me. This is the number I have 206-932-0820.

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