FARMINGTON — Despite a world health crisis and just six months of being open for business, the members of Farmington’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) are embarking on CES’ next stage, establishing a center for Franklin County youth.
“So we want to expand the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies into a youth center, basically a boys and girls club, in Farmington for students to turn to,” CES Social Media Coordinator Talazen Smith said. “There’d be a bus system that would transport students to and from this location after school, specifically the low-income students, those in need, basically those who really need help getting access to resources to support and funds. This youth center would partner with multiple organizations across Franklin County and connections in other states too.”
Smith, a 2019 Mt. Blue graduate, describes the center with a contagious…