What's Going On?

Click here or go to www.whitehouse.gov/Commencement to vote for DSST through 10 p.m. Thursday Apr 29th, 2010.

Gov. Bill Ritter and Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien urged all Coloradans to support the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) in its quest to have President Obama deliver the school’s commencement speech this spring. DSST is one of six finalists vying to have President Barack Obama speak at its graduation.

The Green Valley Ranch Metropolitan District is managing and coordinating the new hotline which will serve our community by providing a convenient way to get information and log complaints. The new hotline will be managed and coordinated by the GVR Metro District. Information will be logged, then dispersed to the proper individuals/organizations for action (if needed). The number and information about the hotline is posted on the MyGVR.org home page in the Community Resources section.

The Denver Library officicals and City Councilmember Michael Hancock held a groundbreaking on March 13 for a 26,000 square foot library for the Green Valley Ranch community.  In early 2011 the community will be able to enjoy the following features of the new library:

• 100,000 new books, CD's and DVD's
• Cozy reading nooks for children, teens and adults
• 50 new public access computers
• Wi-Fi throughout the building

And lots more!

Montbello 20/20 Update

By Tom Gibbons

There seems to be new construction everywhere you look.  It is especially noticeable west of Tower Rd. and there is a reason for this. Green Valley Ranch is roughly defined as the area north of 38th Ave., south of 56th Ave., east of Tower Rd. and west of Piccadilly Rd.  This area lies entirely within Denver County but it is bordered immediately by Aurora on the north, south and east.  The taxes and fees developers are required to pay are much lower in Denver County than they are in Aurora and this influences their decisions about where to build.

Community Reminder:

2010 CHANGES TO DENVER “OVERFLOW TRASH COLLECTION”
AND “LARGE ITEM PICK UP”

By Thad Jacobs

"Do you know who your State Senator is?  In Green Valley Ranch and across northeast Denver, it’s Mike Johnston.  Do you know what bills he is proposing in the upcoming legislative session?  Or how he plans to vote on key issues and why?  Mike believes you deserve to know the answer to all these questions. For that reason – to help keep every citizen involved in the key issues that affect our lives at the state capitol – Mike and his staff are creating Neighborhood Outreach Committees (NOCs) across Senate District 33.

Denver Recycles' annual Treecycle program will be recycling thousands of Christmas trees into mulch again this holiday season. Treecycle helps Denver avoid using landfill space and paying disposal fees for a valuable, recyclable resource -- Christmas trees.

We took a two hour drive around Green Valley Ranch last night (December 16th, 2009). We zigged and zagged all around the neighborhood. Our pups were excited because they thought we were headed to the dog park, they still had fun and so did we. We forgot to pack the hot chocolate but had a good time touring the neighborhood on the cold but clear night.