Recess in the Neighborhood
A modern family club. Locally owned. Nationally scalable.
Parenting in America has become an exercise in logistics and loneliness. We're solving both with something simple: one place where your kids are cared for, where they explore new things, and where you finally feel like you belong somewhere again.
The current system isn't built for modern families
Daily life is built around driving, scheduling, and stitching things together. Community spaces have thinned out, participation is harder to sustain, and family services are split across separate providers. Parents end up paying more to coordinate more—and still feel alone in it.
Isolation & Loneliness
66%66% of parents feel isolated and lonely. 79% long for a way to connect with other parents—but there's nowhere designed to help families build community.
Logistics Nightmare
38%38% of parents spend over 5 hours per week driving children between daycare, school, and activities. Coordinating multiple locations, schedules, and pickups creates constant stress.
Discovery Barriers
74%74% of parents want kids to explore new experiences—but the current system requires separate bookings, locations, and month-long commitments for each activity.
Everything Families Need, Under One Roof
We're building a single campus that collapses childcare, enrichment, work time, meals, and community into one coordinated experience.
- Licensed Daycare (0–5) — Premium childcare with two paths: full-time enrollment and flexible pay-per-hour drop-in care.
- Enrichment Programs — 9 categories for ages 3–15, primarily after school and weekends, designed for exploration without separate studios and month-long commitments.
- Food & Beverage — A central kitchen serving fresh, healthy meals at prices families can feel good about. No tipping—ever.
- Member Spaces — Lounges, dining, play areas, and co-working designed for the whole family—not as an afterthought. Watch a game, find somewhere quiet, or get work done.
- Transportation — Before and after school pickup and drop-off at near-cost pricing, so parents don't have to interrupt work for school logistics.
Community-owned from day one. Founding members receive ownership stakes with dividend rights — building real equity in their local family community.
Isolation
No natural opportunities for parents to connect and build friendships
Community
Shared spaces and repeated touchpoints designed to facilitate natural connection
Logistics
Hours spent driving between multiple locations every week
One Location
Single drop-off, single pickup for all services and activities
Discovery
Separate bookings and locations prevent kids from exploring interests
Everything Here
9 enrichment categories available in one place, with drop-in flexibility
Two Integrated Zones, Shared Infrastructure
Community spaces and licensed childcare under one roof—sharing a central kitchen, hospitality staff, and operating systems while meeting regulatory separation requirements.
Public/Member Zone
Dining commons, indoor play, co-working, lounges, premium corridors—where families gather, work, and connect.
Daycare/Enrichment Wing
12 fixed daycare rooms plus 12 flex rooms for preschool, school-age programs, and enrichment. Controlled access meets Michigan licensing requirements.
Support & Mechanical
Central kitchen, janitorial, MEP systems—shared infrastructure serving all zones.
Year 1 Projections
Year 2 Projections
10 Integrated Revenue Streams
These aren't separate businesses—they're interconnected components that naturally fit together. Each creates infrastructure and demand for others.
Diversification protects against risk. No single stream represents more than 33% of revenue. Different streams serve different family needs and life stages.
The Financial Model
Understand how costs break down across programs and shared infrastructure—and explore how different assumptions affect performance.
See where operating costs go—by program and across shared infrastructure—and understand what drives margins at different scales.
- Program-level costs for daycare, enrichment, kitchen, and more
- Shared costs: facility, hospitality, management, technology
- Margins by program type and how they contribute to overall performance
- Built-in expansion capacity that adds revenue without proportional cost increases
This model has many levers. The calculator lets you adjust pricing, utilization, staffing, and cost assumptions—and see how they flow through to revenue, margins, and operating profit.
- Test revenue scenarios by adjusting pricing and utilization across programs
- Explore cost impacts by modifying staffing, wages, hours, and other inputs
- See the impact on margins, operating profit, and overall performance
The Competitive Landscape
No single competitor offers the integrated solution we provide. Families currently stitch together separate providers for daycare, enrichment, community spaces, and everything else they need.
Daycare Centers
Thin margins, limited hours (6am-6pm), and almost no flexibility for non-traditional schedules. Very few pay-per-hour options exist.
❌ No enrichment, no parent spacesEnrichment Studios
Great experiences, but expensive space sits idle most of the day. Parents coordinate multiple locations.
❌ No childcare, fragmented experienceCommunity Centers
Multi-program facilities exist—proof of concept. But not designed around modern family logistics.
❌ Clunky systems, limited flexibilityCo-Working Spaces
Designed for individuals, not parents. No childcare, no family amenities, no community.
❌ Requires separate childcareIndoor Play Spaces
Solve physical play needs. Nothing about everyday logistics or ongoing community.
❌ Destination trips onlyCountry Clubs
Prove membership model works for families. But anchored in golf (~10% play), not daily necessities like childcare.
❌ Wrong anchor activityIntegration is the moat. Standalone daycare centers and separate enrichment studios are everywhere. But combining licensed childcare with our exploratory enrichment model, family-first spaces, and food service—all under one roof with shared infrastructure—creates an experience no one else offers.
Why This Business Model Works
Our integrated approach creates competitive advantages that single-service competitors cannot match.
Shared Infrastructure
One facility serving families from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. Shared kitchen, staffing, and operations create cost advantages while improving the family experience.
Complementary Utilization
Different programs peak at different times, keeping the facility productive. And families often use multiple services—daycare plus enrichment, co-working plus childcare—deepening engagement.
Community as Moat
Families build real relationships through repeated presence. High monthly engagement plus long retention (ages 0–15+) creates lifetime value. Switching means leaving a community—not just canceling a service.
Scale Advantages
Conveniences like transportation, extended hours, and multi-category programming only work economically at scale—smaller operators can't replicate the bundle.
Tech-Enabled Systems
AI-native operations improve scheduling, staffing, and quality systems. Blockchain-based ownership enables rapid, compliant scaling to new locations without traditional franchise complexity.
How Grandville Gets Funded
We de-risk at each stage. Each step validates the next.
Seed Raise ($250K)
Seed capital funds three things:
- Marketing blitz — Aggressive local campaign to drive pre-sales
- Legal & compliance — Entity formation and licensing
- Founder runway — Operating capital to execute pre-launch
Seed investors take the earliest risk — investing before we know if families will prepay. In exchange, they receive 5% of every location we ever open. Not just Grandville. Every future location in the network.
Media Blitz & Pre-Sale
The marketing push serves two purposes simultaneously:
- Families prepay for membership — Validating demand with real dollars
- Local investors see the opportunity — Community awareness for the investor raise
Pre-sale members pay $250/month upfront (locked in for their prepayment term) and receive ownership tokens in their location. They're not just customers — they're the first local owners.
Local Investor Raise
By the time we raise from investors, the business is significantly de-risked:
- Real families have committed real money
- Demand is proven, not projected
- The model is validated
Local investors own a piece of a community facility in their backyard — a real business that improves their community while delivering strong financial returns through dividends.
A Federation, Not a Franchise
We don't sell franchises. Each location is owned by its community — the founder, local investors, and member families who live there.
We provide the framework. Local teams iterate within it — bringing their own character while sharing learnings across the network. Each neighborhood feels unique because it is.
Local ownership. Shared knowledge. Community-first, everywhere.