Rent increase threatens Easter Seals daycare

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For the past 25 years, the Easter Seals Child Development Center in Falls Church has been paying the city just $1 per year in rent. But if the Falls Church City Council has its way, the day care center could soon be paying the city more than $120,000 per year.

The lease on the Child Development Center — the only day care in Falls Church offering infant care — expires Nov. 11, though city and day care officials are still hashing out new terms of the lease. The two sides were set to meet late Thursday to discuss options, Falls Church Mayor Nader Baroukh said.

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