The GVR Metro District had a meeting on 6/11/08 to discuss some pending actions in regards to the GVR Community Center. Here are some of the highlights of that meeting:
The main purpose of the meeting was to inform the community (Again - This information had been provided back in 2007) that the GVR Metro District was discussing taking legal action on a local metal building supply company who had been contracted to provide steel for the proposed GVR Community Center. The reason for the lawsuit is there has been a breach in the contract, and the company is refusing to refund GVR $150,000 in money owed to the GVR Metro District. Details of the possible lawsuit were not available due to the sensitive nature of the pending action. The board was holding discussions on what action they should be taking. It's this author's opinion that the GVR Metro Board needs to pursue the company to regain the $150,000 dollars owed to the community.
The other part of the meeting was opened up to community discussion, the topic quickly turned into what is the GVR Metro Districts policy and direction for the new GVR Community Center. The 4 new board members quickly stated that there will be no action (Either building or canceling at this time) as they need more time to examine the books, get a working knowledge of how the Metro District works, and get a feel for what the community wants.
Several members of the community spoke against the building of the community center, as they feel it was voted on a few years ago and turned down and they fear it will cost too much money. Their alternatives were to either refund the money to the home owners or do "Something Else" with the money, although they could not pinpoint one idea that would be a benefit to the community.
There were however more community members who spoke up in favor of the community center, pointing out that with a community center in place it will give the homeowners even more possibilities in their neighborhood, as well as be a benefit to the community. This author has talked with several neighbors and they have expressed an interested in such a center for either renting it to host a party, or to attend activates that would be held there. If you look at some of the other great communities around Denver you will find most of them have at least one community center at it's core (Highlands Ranch comes to mind), and just doing a search for Community Centers in the Denver Metro area pull up hundreds of things to see and do, that would enrich the community as a whole.