BAKER CITY â The Baker County YMCA will open a child care center at the Baker Early Learning Center in September.
The center will have space for 40 children â 12 from age six weeks to two years, and 28 three-, four-or five-year-olds.
In a press release announcing the facility, Rob Wilkinson, CEO of the Baker County YMCA, said the center is a collaborative effort to address a critical need for families and employers.
âWe look forward to providing high-quality, dependable child care to local families who need it,â Wilkinson said in the press release. âParents and other caregivers will be able to work productively throughout the community without worrying about the care of those most precious to them.â
BAKER CITY â Venkat Subramanian doesn t live in Baker City, but he wants to support this community as much as he can.
Venkat grew up in Chennai, India, population of about 7 million. His family s roots, though, are in a village that he compares in size with Baker City.
After earning a bachelor s degree in engineering in India, he came to the United States in 2000 to earn a master s at Oregon State University.
He began working with Richard and Kathleen Chaves, owners of Chaves Consulting in Baker City, in 2004. Since 2010, Venkat s company, Arikkan Inc., has worked on several projects with Chaves Consulting, including the Synergy Data Center.