The Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative (LPCFC) will soon be moving some programming over to a new location. After a decade of renting multiple spaces at 2424 West 5th Street, the collaborative purchased a house in June.

“Renting costs are going up and up, and so it’s just getting more expensive in general to like live in Duluth and for people, but then also for organizations who are renting, it just gets more and more expensive. So when you own your own space, then you can avoid those high rental costs,” said Executive Director Jodi Broadwell. “It being a house too makes it more of that family setting that we need for supported family time and for our child care.”

LPCFC held an open house at their new location Thursday, inviting neighbors, partners, funders, and other community members to check out the space. There will still be a space rented on West 5th Street, but many of the programs will be moved over to the house on Grand Forks Avenue. This includes childcare, the Big Red Bookshelf program, and supervised visitation.

Broadwell added that she is excited to now be only three blocks from Harrison Park and two from Lincoln Park. LPCFC has helped improve both parks, from building the community gardens and planting the orchard in Harrison Park to helping remodel the space in Lincoln Park.