6/8/2012 – PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The opening of the new Child Development Center annex at Peterson East means families spend less time on the waiting list and care will be provided to more children.According to Karen Morgan, CDC training and curriculum specialist, the new $11.3 million CDC facility replaces the CDC building that was located across the street from the R. P. Lee Youth Center. The former annex provided care to 96 children. The twelve rooms in the new CDC can accommodate 192 children and is expected to reach capacity this fall. The main CDC on Paine Street will continue to provide care to 268 children.”We had an excessive amount of children waiting to use our services. With the old facility, we were unable to accommodate them,” Morgan said. “We were blessed and given funds in order to build a CDC that will meet the needs of our community.”The new facility makes the Peterson AFB childcare community the largest in Air Force Space Command. The CDC provides care for children ages six weeks to five years old.Read more here from Peterson AFB’s Public Affairs

The ceremonial key to the new Child Development Center annex was presented to Col. Chris Crawford, 21st Space Wing commander, by Brian Dziekonski, United States Army Corp of Engineers Rocky Mountain Area, at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly opened building at Peterson East on May 31. Photo by U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Rob Bussard