Sorry it has been a while. I attended a RVCC Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday night. The agenda was largely dealing with the upcoming feasibility study that the community center is doing and particularly the initial research of local opinions and desires. This initial research is to determine what the community wants the RVCC to offer. The info gathered from community members will then be added to the RVCC business plan. A business plan is always important. RVCC may be a non-profit, but it still has bills to pay. A business plan will allow the RVCC board to determine what is feasible… hence Feasibility Study. Everyone may want a roller-coaster, but that doesn’t mean it’s feasible.Clearly we want community support for a skatepark. This will mean doing some extra work to spread the word. Maybe we could all go to three or four of our neighbors and talk to them about why we’d like a skatepark. When they hear your enthusiasm they will likely back a skatepark, too. I did not specifically address an RVCC skatepark at the meeting. It’s clear to me that the committee has chosen a wise method to ensure the long-term success as RVCC as a whole. I think we will need to let this process play out. That likely means waiting a while, maybe until July, before we know where we stand. I do think, however, that well organized, determined groups will be more successful working with RVCC than people in the community that “would like” stuff. You know: “I would like some tennis courts.” “I would like a pool.” Compared to we will fund, design, and build a skatepark, with all thing being equal, it’s hard to believe the board would turn us down.  – Tim