The 96-year-old early learning center at the Hallie Q. Brown Center in St. Paul may very well have been the first in the state. It closed last month, and it won't be the last childcare center to call it quits. Margins are thin. Credentialed labor? Thinner. https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/11/hallie-q-brown-center-shutters-what-may-be-states-oldest-early-learning-program/