Naperville-based Alive Center for Teens to start franchising

Naperville-based Alive Center for Teens to start franchising

In 2020, Grey Bauer was headed into the eighth grade. At the time, between the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges personally, they weren’t in the best headspace, Bauer, now 17, recalled. But then they discovered the Alive Center for Teens in Naperville. The sense of comfort Bauer felt was immediate, they said. “I completely fell in love with Alive,” said Bauer, who graduated from Metea Valley High School over the weekend. “You’re immediately welco…