Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Several months before its opening, the school is offering a scholarship for its young alums.
A Moon Township branch of the Goddard School for Early Learning is expected to open in June. The school, which will provide pre-school education for children aged six weeks to five years old, will enroll 160 students, according to a representative from the school. Crews are finishing work on the school's 8,500 square-foot facility, located at the cul-de-sac on Commerce Drive. The Moon Township franchise will be owned by Carol Maier. Developers, who initially said the facility would be completed by the beginning of 2013, received township approval for the new construction in May of 2012. When completed, the Moon Goddard school will mark the fourth Pittsburgh-area location for the early learning franchise. Other schools are located in …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
A bolstered economy and planned military commissary have sparked developers' interest in Moon Township.
An upturn in the economy and the planned Walmart construction on University Boulevard has renewed developers' interest in Moon Township, officials said. "Definitely looking back at the applications for 2011, it was a slow year for development plans," said Moon Planning Director Adam McGurk. "It's hard to say what it is, but it does say that the economy is picking up in terms of commercial development." McGurk said more than 20 projects are now in the construction phase in the township. Developers this year have unveiled plans for a new, 130,000-square foot Hilton hotel, slated to be constructed off Fed Ex Drive. The project was set to break ground in 2008, but developers backed out as the economy sank into a recession that year. The 117-…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
A new early childhood education school is slated to open on Commerce Drive.
The owner of Cranberry's Goddard School for Early Childhood Development said a Moon Township location for the school is slated to open its doors in January 2013. The Moon Township Board of Supervisors last night approved a final major land development plan for the school, which will be located at the cul-de-sac on Commerce Drive. Owner Matthew L. Speranza said the franchise school will enroll 132 students and employ 20 accredited staff members at the Moon location. "Goddard School is an upscale childcare center," said Speranza, who with his wife Dina will own the Moon branch of the school. "We will serve children ages six weeks to five years." Developers said they hope to break ground on the 8,500-square foot building in July. The …
Jenna Staul
10:53 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Hi Brian, Just to clarify: Walmart has not made public a timeline or ground-breaking date for the project, nor have they commented on the planned Moon store since 2011. Walmart purchased the property in 2007 and about a year ago, the township settled a lawsuit with the company, which enabled it to move forward with the project: http://moon.patch.com/articles/moon-walmart-construction-back-on-… more ›