The new, 18,000-square-foot, Sacred Heart Pavilion in downtown Charleston was designed for heating and cooling efficiency and maximum safety. The $3.5 million, state-of-the-art facility features a regulation basketball court and four-classroom day care facility.

The learning center will serve children between the ages of six weeks and 3 years, with their safety, educational and emotional needs first in mind.

Sacred Heart parish attorney Ralph Hoyer, left, Monsignor Edward Sadie and contractor John Jarrett inspect the new gymnasium at the Sacred Heart Pavilion in downtown Charleston.

The facility features a playground specially designed for little hands and feet.

Gazette photo by Kenny Kemp......7.95x5.....Sacred Heart Pavilion.