Dawn rather than trying to start your own centre you might want to put the word out that you are interested in buying or at least taking over the directorship of a current centre. That way a lot of the work would already be done and you could get on with providing the care you want. Another avenue to look into is to approach a church that might be interested in having a preschool in their basement as the rules are a little less strict in terms of size of toilet etc as long as you make adjustments like having stepstools. Our church does a preschool 2, 3, or 5 full days a week.