A nonprofit cafe and job training program for immigrant and refugee women has won city permission to open a worker-owned childcare center in the basement of a downtown church.
The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) granted that approval Tuesday night during its latest monthly meeting, which was held in person at City Hall and online via Zoom.
The zoning commissioners voted unanimously in support of Havenly, Inc.‘s application for a special exception to permit a group daycare for up to 12 children at the First & Summerfield Methodist Church building at 427 College St…