The crowd that formed to toast, with cups of sparkling cider, Saturday’s grand opening of Girdwood’s new early learning center had something more in common than many likely knew.
“If you’ve gone to Little Bears [Playhouse], have a child who’s gone or have a grandchild who’s gone please raise your hand,” the center’s director asked the crowd.
Nearly every hand went up.
Parents, children and grandparents and others roamed the new facility Saturday, many getting their first glimpse at a building that’s been 10 years in the making.…