Community members, local leaders, and supporters gathered this week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of The Pediatric Playhouse, a new pediatric therapy clinic serving children and families in Monticello and the surrounding area.

The new clinic, located at 533 West Gaines Street, provides pediatric occupational, physical, and speech therapy services for children from birth through age 21. The Pediatric Playhouse is expanding its services into Monticello with a mission of delivering high-quality, family-centered care through a collaborative and play-based therapy approach.

Saturday, the Monticello area Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting event to help celebrate the Grand Opening of Edward Jones/Yukiko Bivens.

This business is located at 109 Westgate Drive, Apt C, behind Patrick’s Spee-D-Lube.

Business
1. Monticello Realty,
2.tie Polar Express
2. Hope & Co.
3. The Woods

Nonprofit
1. tie VFW
1. Senior Citizens Center
2. Girl Scouts

Schools
1. Kim’s Dance Factory
2. Monticello Dance Academy
3. MHS Family & Consumer Sciences

Religious
1. LDS Church
2. Kennedy Blvd. Church of Christ

Mainline Health Systems received a grant from the Delta Dental foundation to add dental services to the Drew Central School District. They grant provided funding to purchase equipment and supplies.

On Friday,  they celebrated with a floss cutting.

The executive Director of the Delta Dental foundation was there,  Sharon Lanier.

Friday, at noon, the Monticello Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting at Breaker for their grand reopening.

City Council member Clarissa Pace read a proclamation from Mayor Jason Akers honoring them for being the last remaining Breaker drive-in, of the national chain.

Pace, on behalf of the local NAACP chapter, then honored Larry Reese and his family, for being the longest running black owned business in the community, at the event, as well.