On December 5, 2008, the City of Cincinnati Planning Commission vacated a portion of two paper alleys in the Central Business District (CBD) to Procter and Gamble (P&G) and 417 East Seventh Street, LLC. The vacation of these alleys will allow P&G to construct a 22,000 square foot childcare center on the corner of Broadway and New Street.

The childcare facility will have capacity for 196 children and employ more than 30 people, depending on enrollment. The new facility, to be managed by Bright Horizons, is a replacement for the current childcare center on Linton Street and will open in January 2010.

P&G and 417 East Seventh Street, LCC own the property adjoining the two alleys and petitioned for this purchase. Currently these streets are being used as surface parking for downtown businesses. The employees who presently park in the existing lots will be relocated to other P&G parking lots.

The City of Cincinnati is pleased to be partnering with Procter & Gamble on their exciting project to bring a new childcare facility downtown, which will be an asset to working parents at P&G - and a great addition of young people to the city’s Central Business District.