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Daycare That Tried to Shut Down Gun Store Neighbor Now Closing Its Own Doors

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Heather Robbins said Here We Grow Early Learning Center in Goleta, California will close in December after enrollment fell from 14 children to seven. She attributed the drop to Goodland Guns, which Dan Ashton opened in August in a former 7-Eleven after relocating from Old Town Goleta, and she had petitioned against the gun shop next to the preschool. The center opened in January with a license for 39 students, and Robbins has another daycare with strong attendance where staff can transfer.

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