
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 6, 1994                   TAG: 9401060304
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MINI-WORLD PROJECT NEARLY FINISHED

A child-care center in Salem is nearing completion of an addition that will more than double its floor space.

The Mini-World Child Care Center at Colorado and Third streets expects to open its 4,000-square-foot addition near the end of January, said Keith Bradshaw, who owns the center with his wife, Diane.

After opening the new portion, the present building will be remodeled to give the center a total floor space of about 7,500 square feet.

The enlarged facility will allow the center to lower its minimum age from 2 1/2 years to 16 months and to provide separate quarters for preschool and school-aged children, Bradshaw said.

Mini-World was begun at this Salem location 10 years ago. About three years ago, it built a second child-care center in the Glenvar area of Roanoke County.

by CNB