Saskatoon, We're Here, and We're Just Getting Started!
On May 4, 2026, ProducKIDvity opens the doors of its first Saskatchewan home at 331 1st Avenue North, inside the historic Tees and Persse Building. Here's the story of how it came together — and why this opening looks a little different than most.
There's a moment, when you walk into the Tees and Persse Building these days, that feels like two stories overlapping. The first is the building's own — a downtown Saskatoon landmark with a century of history in its bones, carefully restored to host its next chapter. The second is the one just beginning: the steady hum of educators preparing classrooms, families touring the space, and a partnership taking shape between two businesses that believe Saskatoon is ready for something genuinely new.
That something is a licensed childcare centre and a dedicated co-working community, sharing a single building, a single membership, and a single belief — that families deserve more than what conventional childcare has offered them.
A Different Kind of Opening
ProducKIDvity didn't arrive in Saskatoon looking for a market. It arrived because Saskatoon families had been asking for something the city didn't yet have — and because one of the people best positioned to build it happens to call this city home.
Sarah Buettner, the company's Partner and COO, grew up here. Most Saskatonians know her name from her years as Executive Director of the Saskatoon Club, where she spent a career thinking about what it actually means to make members feel cared for. When the opportunity came to bring that same standard into childcare — an industry that has rarely been thought of through a hospitality lens — she didn't hesitate.
"This is home for me, and that shapes everything about how we're approaching this opening," Buettner says. "I believe Saskatoon families deserve the same level of care, consistency, and warmth that any great member experience offers. That's exactly what we're building here."
Designed Around Real Family Life
The new centre will offer 90 licensed childcare spaces and create more than 30 new local jobs — Early Childhood Educators, support staff, and centre leadership all hired from within the Saskatoon community. Every detail of the space, from the layout of the classrooms to the flow between drop-off and the rest of the building, has been shaped around what working parents actually need.
That's where the partnership with Pulse City Club comes in. Operating in the same building, Pulse City Club is a co-working community designed for professionals who want a thoughtful, well-run space to do their best work. Together, the two businesses offer something Saskatchewan hasn't seen before: the ability for a parent to drop their child off at a trusted childcare centre and walk down the hall to their desk — knowing the people, the space, and the standards around them were all built with their family in mind.
It's a model rooted in a simple idea: childcare and work shouldn't pull parents in opposite directions.
Built on Membership, Built for Community
At the heart of the model is what ProducKIDvity calls a reciprocal membership network. Families who join gain access to both childcare and co-working benefits, and as the company grows, that network is designed to extend with them. In the years ahead, members will be able to access childcare and office space in future ProducKIDvity locations across cities like Calgary and Kelowna — giving families the kind of flexibility and continuity that's hard to find anywhere else, whether they're travelling for work, visiting family, or moving between communities.
But the team is clear on one thing: that growth has to be earned, and it has to be local.
"We didn't come here to drop in a corporate location," says Alexandra Kulas, Founder and CEO of ProducKIDvity. "We came here because Saskatoon is the right place to build something genuinely different — with local educators, local families, and a local partner in Pulse City Club. Everything about this centre has been shaped by what this community has been asking for."
That philosophy is shaping how ProducKIDvity thinks about what comes next in the province. Rather than rolling out cookie-cutter centres, the team plans to grow thoughtfully, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, listening to what each community actually needs before opening doors.
See You May 4
The Saskatoon centre opens on Monday, May 4, 2026 at 331 1st Avenue North, inside the beautifully restored Tees and Persse Building. Registration is open now for families interested in joining, and the team is excited to welcome the wider community in to see the space.
For Saskatoon, it's the start of something new. For ProducKIDvity, it's the start of something long-term.
And for the families walking through the doors that first morning? It's the kind of childcare experience they've been waiting for.
Learn more about the Saskatoon location and apply for membership by clicking this link.
