Otter Creek Child Center to expand amid overwhelming child care demand in Addison County

Linda January, executive director of Otter Creek Child Center in Middlebury, gives a tour of the newly-expanded facility on Friday, Sept. 19. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.org.When Rita Munro settled in Middlebury in 2016 to start a family, friends sent her spreadsheets of contacts for child care facilities across the county and encouraged her to get on waitlists as soon as she became pregnant. “I