Mar 192012
 

During the last meeting it was announced that the annual fishing derby is back! After the completion of the constructions and modifications to the pond where the derby is held, the council decided to start the derby up. Though, they are asking for donations; requesting a minimum of 2,600 dollars, and the city will supply 1,600 dollars. Though this might seem a little pricey, it is a small price to pay for family fun, and a chance to clean, and take home the fish you catch, plus, there will be prizes for the children! So gather your family and join the fishing derby!

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Mar 112012
 

The fishing derby is back! April 28, 2012-6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. The durby will be at Tommy Davis Pond-9200 East Orchard Road. All you need is your fishing pole! fish for prizes, for fun, or for some lunch! The pond at Tommy Davis Park will be filled with rainbow trout for the kids to catch! Breakfast will be served to anyone who has gotten a breakfast ticket from City Hall. Tickets are available April 2 through April 28. Any person wanting to fish who is 16 years or older must have a license which can be obtained through the Department of Wildlife. This year is a very special year for the Fishing Durby because this is the year Greenwood Village has brought back the durby after a couple of years with out it. At the meeting on Monday March 5, 2012 the durby was discussed. Greenwood Village needs $2500 in donations. City hall will pay $1600. This money will go to breakfast, prizes, and of course, the fish! At the meeting every member approved the notion and so it passed! Volunteers are always welcome! please join us for some fun!

 

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Mar 052012
 

During the meeting on February 29,2012 the Greenwood Village council had brought up the question of creating a dog park(s) in the area of Greenwood village. This idea was widely supported by the people, just not in their park. Though the citizens fancied the idea of being able to play with their dogs off leash for a few hours a day, just as many citizens didn’t feel comfortable with having the park in their park since there would be no fence, and therefore, no way to keep the dogs contained besides a few signs around the park.

If off leash hours were accepted into the parks for pros I feel

  • -the dogs would be more excersized and be friendlier around other people
  • -Owners will feel more obligated to follow these rules
  • – The increasing number of dog owners will increase the amount of use to the park.
  • -Though the cons, I feel, greatly outweigh the pros.

-If off leash hours were accepted into the parks, I feel the cons would be

  • -Damage to the foliage.
  • -Increased amounts of dog “droppings”
  • -Less use by non-dog owning citizens during the hours
  • -Increase in wild life disruption
  • -Increase of out of area use of parks
  • -Unfamiliars in the neighborhood.

I feel that having off leash hours in Greenwood village parks is not a good idea, and wouldn’t be supported by the community that the dog park is in.  Though this would be a good idea for dog owners, there are also parks near the community that accept off leash dogs. Before the dog parks are accepted, I feel they will have to build fences, and ask the people as a whole if they would be okay with the park in their parks, and accept the damage that is bound to be done.

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Mar 042012
 

The topic of letting large manufacturing businesses put their companies in Greenwood Village was one of the topics at our last meeting. The committee discussed that while this would bring business to GV it would also bring many problems such as: truck traffic, smoke and pollution, and whether or not it would be a use of permit or a use by right.

Some things I feel the committee needs to think about in making this decision is that:

1) If they allowed the manufacturing business to come into GV this limits the smaller businesses in office space and it cuts down their business

2) If decided that it was a use by right then wouldn’t that be a hole to let more manufacturing companies in? and more manufacturing companies means more truck traffic, and more pollution.

However, some pros in making this dicision are:

1) The more big businesses the less taxes the individual has to pay

2) The more manufacturing companies, the more business to GV

If the committee decided to make it a use by permit then that would limit the amount of manufacturers moving in and place limits on the number of trucks, smoke stacks, pollution, and location, making this a more difficult but better for GV.

 

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