A virtuous cash grab: Albion shows how small towns can thrive

  • Teacher Ashley Gutierrez with her young students in a classroom at Boone Beginnings in Albion. Nearly two-dozen children are enrolled at the early childhood center, which opened in November. Center enrollment will soon expand – eight more babies, some of whom haven’t yet been born, are already signed up to receive child care at Boone Beginnings. Boone Beginnings
    Teacher Ashley Gutierrez with her young students in a classroom at Boone Beginnings in Albion. Nearly two-dozen children are enrolled at the early childhood center, which opened in November. Center enrollment will soon expand – eight more babies, some of whom haven’t yet been born, are already signed up to receive child care at Boone Beginnings. Boone Beginnings

    If you want to see a small town crackling with energy, drive to Albion and enter the front door of Boone Beginnings. Nearly two dozen infants, toddlers and small children climb out of car seats and pi…