Center City Academy is a non-profit early child development center that will provide affordable, high-quality child care for people living and working in Wichita’s urban core. The opportunity to create a more contemporary outreach to serve the needs of the redeveloping core is apparent. Research shows that the number of available openings in child care facilities in Sedgwick County can serve only 48% of the number of children under the age of six needing care. The new facility will support the latest in advanced technology systems and teaching methods to achieve the highest level of security and early childhood developmental practices. Center City Academy purchased a one acre lot conveniently located on the 700 block of South Topeka, just south of Kellogg, within blocks of downtown employers.