Caledonia’s ECO Center combines the great outdoors with great learning opportunities for local youth! The ECO Center operates on nine rural acres to offer outdoor learning opportunities and fun events for kids and adults.
Business owner Emily Ollervides’ Caledonia childhood inspired a lifelong interest in our natural resources, setting the foundation for a successful career in environmental education. After graduating from Ohio State with a degree in natural resource policy and planning, Ollervides left a high-stress job in New Albany to return home and start the ECO Center with her family in 2014.
“I have always enjoyed working with children and wanted to share my passion for the environment and Mother Earth with my neighbors, community, and local school districts,” says Ollervides. “With the love and support of our family, friends, and community we are celebrating our 11th business anniversary this fall.”
The ECO Center’s nine acres allows Ollervides to host field trips, summer day camps, adult sustainability classes, and even private events such as birthdays, class reunions and corporate events. Since 2015, their annual Community Earth Day Celebration has attracted local families and businesses to share environmental education and fun.
“I can’t say enough about the high level of service we have received as a consumer and the support we've received as a local business,” says Ollervides. "The few outages related to bad weather that we have had were resolved within hours.”
The ECO Center offers youth day camps throughout the summer, featuring science-based, hands-on sustainability education lead by certified staff. Camps last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and occur the weeks of June 9-13, June 16-20, and July 7-11. Limited space is still available for this year's camps.
For programming or rental questions, call or visit!
ECO Center LLC
1757 COUNTY RD. 59
CALEDONIA, OH 43314
Phone: 914-400-8085
Website: https://www.ecocenterohio.com/
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ECOCenterLLC
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