Destination daycare eyes expansion
Closure of Teddy Bear Daycare offers opportunity
PIQUE NEWSMAGAZINE - Whistler
April 19, 2008
By Clare Ogilvie

A daycare facility originally set up to cater only to tourists is planning to expand to serve locals.

The decision was made after it was announced recently that Millennium Place would close Teddy Bear Daycare in June.

“In the next couple of weeks we are going to be applying for group childcare so that we can accept kids on a full-time basis,” said  …childcare manager… The centre is operated by Mark Warner Holidays, a UK based childcare specialist, which has more than 30 years experience looking after children in ski resorts across the Alps.

It is located in a new purpose-built facility at the …Hotel.

“(The company) noticed a demand for childcare in town and then Teddy Bear Daycare announced they were closing so we thought we would open it up and help the community,” said Livsey…

She hopes to have licensing in place to take full-time placements well before June.

Whistler parents can go right now on a more temporary basis, with toddlers 18 to 36 months costing $60 a day and kids 3 to 5 years old costing $50 a day. …

The board of Millennium Place did meet with Teddy Bear parents last week ….