Back to ‘Square One’ as child care provider returns to South End in $15.5M center 14 years after tornado

SPRINGFIELD — Square One child care says it’s “back to Square One,” reopening in a new $15.5 million center on William Street, 14 years after a 2011 tornado destroyed its old building in the neighborhood.

“They are back where they belong” in the South End, said Leo Florian, the longtime president of the South End Citizens Council.