Each group of classrooms is called a home base and is designed with a residential theme to provide a home-like atmosphere for the children. Parents are encouraged to visit the center and to participate in lunchtime and other daytime activities. Children can go from classrooms directly to their assigned playground areas. Each area is designed to be suitable for its designated age group. The infant playground has a covered porch swing so that caregivers or parents can swing with their babies.
Preschoolers can enjoy a sand-digging area, large climbing toys and a tire swing.
All of the playground areas are connected by a paved path on which the children may ride tricycles. It will serve BCAG headquarters employees, as well as families who work at Boeing sites in south Seattle, Renton, Kent and Auburn. The Austin Company is providing design and engineering services for the Longacres Park center, patterning it on the Everett facility. Construction is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1998. Corporate Family Solutions, a childcare management company based in Nashville, Tennessee, has been selected by Boeing to operate both centers.