Apparently, Escuelita del Alma is preparing itself for the inevitable. According to the Austin Business Journal, the stalwart child-care center “tapped Southwest Strategies Group and Principal John Rosato to assist in the search for space… “Since our situation has left us with no alternative but to leave that prime location, I prefer to look for a new, permanent location,” says Dina Flores, executive director of Escuelita del Alma. “Given Austin’s hot real estate market, my fear is any leased space close to downtown stands to leave Escuelita in the same situation in which it is now.”

Which would mean no day-care Downtown. Oh well, kids weren’t very New Urban anyway.

This article appears in December 15 • 2006.

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