Serving more families in the growing northern Door County community will be possible thanks to work beginning this week in Sister Bay. The Northern Door Children's Center will break ground on the second phase of its construction efforts. The project will change every section of the facility's interior that dates back to 1999. After the reconstruction is complete, an outdoor classroom will be added, and other rooms will be more efficiently designed to give everyone and everything a little more room. Northern Door Children's Center has raised 92 percent of its $3.6 million goal for both phases of its construction. Thanks to a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor and $50,000 from a larger $3.5 million State of Wisconsin innovation grant, the center was able to add a new large classroom space for its 4K program and a combination garage/workspace for its teachers.  Northern Door Children's Center's Karen Corekin-DeLaMer says none of this would be possible without the community's support and its recognition of the importance of childcare in the county.

The center will officially break ground on the project on Thursday, September 26th at 4 p.m.