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This month, we kick off our third-annual THRIVE Workshop in Denver, Colorado! Our consultants will also be speaking at the CQEL Director’s Institute in Oakland, CA and the Kids ‘R’ Kids Owners Conference in Boulder, CO. Find out more details in this blog.

HINGE is pleased to announce the sale of one of the longest serving schools in the Western United States—Mother Goose school in San Francisco, CA! The school opened its doors in 1951 and has been owned and operated by the same family for its duration.

Our THRIVE Consultants are back in action at another CQEL Director’s Institute this month in Sacramento while HINGE Founder & CEO Kathy Ligon special guests for a partner webinar and popular podcast. Find out more details in this blog.

[Rant Alert!] The following is a soapbox moment that I can’t help but deliver regarding recent headlines and articles that have appeared in my daily Google newsfeed this week…

HINGE is thrilled to announce the closing and leaseback of a two-site childcare business in Texas. HINGE helped the client evaluate the pros and cons of selling the buildings or retaining the buildings as a leased investment and identified the positive attributes of real estate income from a national operator.

HINGE Brokers is pleased to announce the closing of a collection of early childhood education businesses for a multi-site operator in the New Jersey/New York metroplex. After completing some operational, financial and marketing upgrades, the sellers fine-tuned the business until they were ready to sell.