The STREAM (Science, Technology, Rivers, Art, and Mathematics) Preschool and Childcare Center will offer 45 full-time preschool slots at the Confluence Center and expand upon STEAM learning to highlight river and water education.

This new employer-based childcare center and community preschool is envisioned to be a community asset, incentivizing workforce development, providing high-quality early childhood development and education with an early introduction to science learning, and supporting equitable access for underserved and underrepresented children with scholarship enrollment.

Providing this resource at the Center addresses early childhood learning and childcare access gaps in Mesa County while simultaneously supporting the broader mission of the Confluence Center by incorporating strong education and field-based learning principles enhanced by the Center's close proximity and access to the river and riverfront trail system.