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By Gary Dinges for Statesman.com
A Texas-based company is moving ahead with plans to build as many as seven child care centers in Central Texas.
The first two Austin-area Childrens Lighthouse locations could open in as soon as a year, the company said, with the remainder coming online in the next three to five years.
"From our due diligence, we know the market is ripe for us," said Steve Dixon, vice president of franchising.... Read More
By Steven Pease for Franchise Times
Educational childcare sector requires passion, real estate and regulation
The early-education movement was a child of the 60s. Now its potential seems to be booming in the 2010s. And when exploring an education or early-childhood franchise, the numbers add up quickly.
The field began to emerge in 1969, a year when the number of intrepid American mothers who left home to work nearly... Read More By Sandra Baker for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth-based Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers is adding centers in Frisco and Plano this year, and a third location is planned for development in 2013, said Mike Brown, the company's founder and CEO.
The Frisco location will open in the next two months. After 2013, 11 more learning centers are planned for the area, the company said.
Children's Lighthouse has 13 locations in Dallas-Fort... Read More
By Alex Branch for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Kindergartners and other children donated money from their fall festival to the Navy SEAL Foundation.
FORT WORTH -- News of a helicopter crash that killed 17 Navy SEALs last year in Afghanistan saddened students and administrators at Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers. Finding out that those fallen SEALs left behind 26 children upset them even more. The 1,600 Lighthouse... Read More By Stephen Dixon for Franchising World
Clearly, every franchisor that invests time in a franchise expo would like to emerge with as many qualified franchise prospects as possible. The pressure to keep a tightened grip on the purse strings has yet to ease for most franchisors, nonetheless most continue to find the necessary funds for franchise expos. There is an important reason why: a steady flow of prospective franchisees are attending... Read More
By Melinda Caliendo for New Jersey Biz
Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers announced Monday it has signed a multiunit franchise agreement with Ankim Shah, who will open the first of three locations in northern and central New Jersey in Woodbridge.... Read More
Tamarind Phinisee for San Antonio Business Journal
Children's Lighthouse Learning Center is adding four new locations in San Antonio within the next 12 to 18 months - doubling the number of schools the franchise has in the Alamo City.
Growing interest in the franchise and growth on San Antonio's North Side, where the centers will be located, is spurring the expansion, franchise officials say. The new locations will be about 10,500 square feet,... Read More
Rose Dupont for Franchising World Magazine
"Children's Lighthouse is a firm believer in self development and doing whatever it takes to be the best franchisor possible for our franchise owners. The CFE program has already helped us sharpen our focus in pursuit of that goal. We are confident that in years to come, the CFE program will help our franchise team and company continuously improve in every area. The investment is alreadypaying dividends.... Read More
Betty Dillard for Fort Worth Business Press
By Betty Dillard
bdillard@bizpress.net
Staff Writer
Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers is moving to the head of its class in the educational childcare industry.
The Fort Worth-based company, the only childcare franchise with a group of corporate-owned centers, recently launched an expansion strategy that calls for the development of more than 100 new learning centers nationwide... Read More
Ambrosio for Franchise Chatter
Established in Ft. Worth, TX in 1995, Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers is the leading values-based educational childcare system in the United States. The combination of a comprehensive curriculum for young children, nurturing care, and a business model that has produced a zero percent franchise failure rate, puts Children's Lighthouse at the head of its class. Currently, Children's Lighthouse... Read More
Eddy Goldberg for Franchise Update
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
Children's Lighthouse Unveils Expansion Plan Children's Lighthouse, with 29 units... Read More Carol Park – Staff Writer – Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise
Texas-based Children's Lighthouse is growing up. The childcare and learning center franchise plans to open 20 more schools in the Inland Empire.
"For the Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario metropolitan area, our development plan is to open 20 schools," said Stephen Dixon, vice president of franchise development for Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers.
Children's Lighthouse of Riverside... Read More
Bill Hethcock- Staff Writer - Dallas Business Journal
Children's Lighthouse plans to open 71 learning centers nationwide over the next seven years, including 14 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The move represents an aggressive expansion for the 14-year-old company and will mean $25 million to $42 million in construction in Dallas-Fort Worth alone. It also will create roughly 350 jobs and 2,800 child-care slots in the region, which has seen strong demand... Read More
Franchise Chatter - Ambrosio
Launched 16 years ago in Ft. Worth, TX, Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers has emerged as one of today's leading values-based educational childcare systems in the United States.
Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers offer ample play areas (both inside and out), on-site meal services, after-school programs for kids up to age 12, summer camps and safe, secure environments in approximately 10,000... Read More
By Christopher Smith Gonzalez- The Daily News, Galveston County
More than 20 teachers from Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers in League City and Friendswood have earned a Child Development Associate credential issued by the Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition.
The teachers attended training that covered safety, physical and intellectual competence, social and emotional development, positive and productive relationships with families, program... Read More
Suzanne Reim - Houston Chronicle
Allie and Hung Lam met while at the University of Houston and both graduated with bachelor of science degrees in engineering. With a passion focused on their role as parents, they liked the child development philosophy and curriculum offered by the Children's Lighthouse Corp. They opened their first Children's Lighthouse Center in 2008 in
Grand Mission. They opened their second center in WoodCreek... Read More
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Press Releases
Franchise Business Review Names Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers as Franchisee Satisfaction Award Winner Apr 10, 2012
Building A Foundation for a Brighter Future: Children's Lighthouse Learning Center Opens in Frisco Feb 22, 2012
Children's Lighthouse Learning Centers Sets Sights on 20 Additional Houston Area Schools Jan 09, 2012
Children's Lighthouse Signs Multi-Unit Franchise Agreement to Expand into Northeastern United States Nov 30, 2011
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