Meeting Minutes

Call to Order The meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom, and called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego, At Large Darcie, Treasurer Naveen. 

• Junction meet and greet is a go for  9/16, Anthony set this up. Great job. 

• Budget: Funds- Naveen Treasurer- Balance 3907.00

• Diego, Darcie, Order apps early and plenty for our event. 

• Darcie set up Community resource officer to our next meeting, Message, CRO will attend our next meeting on 10/13.

• Next community meeting- 8/11- Greeter at the sign in table, flyers, handouts, sign up sheet. Be there by 615 to set up. 

• Greg- to send email next month to Todd, the Village Park, for coming to our next meeting for an update, and also to talk about a spring 2027 community get together at the Village Park. Greg also to find out more information update about Tunnels to Towers. 

• Discussed next meeting, 10/13, elections, voting, Diego to review Bylaws, general concensus at this time, all current board members are very interested in continuining in our rolls for another year. We have a good flow, vibe, and connection with the community going. We are making an impact. 

• Nov/Dec event, Still in thoughts, Viali and Los Dos Trios, TBD. 

• Idea, for future community meetings to also offer a zoom connection for those who may be unable to attend in person. 

• Thank you, a big thank you to all our board members, Anthony, Deigo, Naveen, Darcie, we are a team and we are doing really good things in our community. 

• Meeting ends: GD

VVECA. Great turn out for our meeting, 30 attendees. 

Big Thank you to Cook Park Rec Center for letting us meet in this space.  Thank you Tiffany. 

Thank you to our VVECA neighborhood community participation. 

Guest Speakers: 

*Elise Bupp- Chief of Staff: She mentioned that she absolutely loves this job and will miss all of us as she will be leaving this role and moving back to California. Note from VVECA: Elise, we will miss you and wish you the best in your new journey. We cannot thank you enough for all your energy, passion, communication, and drive for our community and neighborhood. Thank you. 

*Mike Miller- Tree of Heaven Alert: This Tree is a List C aggressive- invasive -noxious weed: Mike provided good information about this weed and how to treat these to prevent them from going to seed. Annually, this Tree of Heaven can produce up to 325k seeds. Information: denvertreeofheaven.com  / denver-tree-of-heaven@googlegroups.com

*Office of Auditor: Michael Brannen, Director of Communication / Auditor Timothy M. O'Brien, Chief Auditor / Matthew Fritz-Mauer, Labor Executive Director.  More information: DenverAuditor.org / https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Auditors-Office/Contact-Auditor#Newsletter

*Xcel Energy-Understanding Denver's Utility Franchise Agreement- Presenter- Elizabet Garcia Hernandez: franchiseoutreachteam@gmail.com.  Denver's current 20-year franchise agreement with Xcel Energy expires on December 31, 2026. The Denver City Council voted to place a new 20-year agreement and companion Energy Partnership Agreement on the November 3, 2026 ballot for voter approval, taking effect in 2027 if passed. 

*CAVVE-Community Action of Virginia Village- Angie/Roz:  Cavve is a neighborhood mutual aid group of neighbors helping neighbors. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, safe, and connected community and we partner with the LoVVe project , another hyper-local group helping neighbors in Virginia Village. Cavve- Opportunities: Walk or drive Ellis Elementary students to school through the school's volunteer program. August 20th: Ellis Elementary Event- Collecting school supplies and backpacks for this school year. Email: cavvedenver@gmail.com / Facebook @cavvedenver.  LoVVe Project- thelovveproject.org /  angie@thelovveproject.org

*Matt Walter- Candidate running for City Council District 6-  www.mattfordenver.com 

*Alfredo Reyes- Candidate running for City Council At Large Seat B - www.reyesfordenver.com 

*Jeff Walker- Candidate running for City Council At Large Seat B - www.walkerfordenver.com 

*Question: From the attendees, Public utilities and schedules for these repairs in the neighborhood streets ? 

Question: From the attendees, White poles at the corner of Holly and Evans ? 

*Announcement: Our next Community Meeting will be October 13, 2026, same time, same place, Cook Park Rec: ( NOT-November 10, 2026). 

*Board members- Diego and Naveen greeted at our table and were passing out our VVECA posters and information to help connect our neighbors, businesses, and community.  Anthony is head of our communications going out. Darcie is active in the community and net working and engagement. 

*Board member Greg-Meeting introduction, meeting, engagement, and close.  Thank you all again for attending, and also for those who tune into our web site and engage with our community, we thank you all very much.  I am passionate about our neighborhood, community, and businesses and also our neighboring communities. As we grow and build and better place in Denver. 

As always, please let us know any questions, concerns, observations, whatever, We as a board are happy to help in any way we can. 

Board Meeting: 8/4/2026

Call to Order The meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom and called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego, Secretary Anthony, Treasurer Naveen. 

• Junction set up for 9/16, Anthony

• Diego, Finished flyer, English, Spanish, make copies now

• Darcie setting up Community resource officer to our next meeting, Message, staffing issues, they will try for the next meeting. 

• Next community meeting- 8/11- Greeter at the sign in table, flyers, handouts, sign up sheet. Be there by 615 to set up. 

• BRT Colo Blvd opposition-plan of action letter and RNO support? By Woody Garnsey, requesting in emails to VVECA- I posed to board members on 8/4, board members would like to review email sent, has some concerns already, decision is to send email to just the board members, review the proposal, reply back, if we have 5 in favor, then will sign the opposition letter. If no reply by the board by the date 8/20 or just a reply email NO, then VVECA RNO will not sign, and we will not be a part of this. 

• Greg- to send email next month to Todd, the Village Park, for coming to our next meeting for an update, and also to talk about a spring 2027 community get together at the Village Park. 

• Anthony- What is the meeting agenda? Guest speakers, Intro, wrap up. Sent message to the board with agenda. Anthony will post in reminder to VVECA.

• Thank you, a big thank you to all our board members, Anthony, Deigo, Naveen, Darcie, we are a team and we are doing really good things in our community. 

• Meeting ends: GD

Call to Order The meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom on  July 7, 2026, and called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego, Secretary Anthony, Member at Large Darcie

• Confirmed plan for Esters event neighbors meet and greet this week on July 8- 5-7pm- Naveen bringing vveca credit card, Darcie set this up, great job everyone, Anthony sending out reminder email, Diego bringing some of his new VVECA flyers. Greg- bring name tags, pens, sign in sheet, sharpies. Initial budget for our first event we are thinking 250. Will update as we gage turnout. 

• Next event neighbors meet and greet. September 16th- 5-7pm. TBD- Junction Food and Drink. Anthony will confirm. 

• Consistent communication email message- 1st and 15th of each month. Reminders email goes out day of or day before for Community meetings and community events. 

• Diego presented neighborhood flyer, looks great, great job, qr code and web address for link to web site. 

• Anthony, great job with email messages, flyers, colors, content. 

• Discussed opportunity for VVECA to have a page in a neighborhood business engagement neighborhood connection engagement passport book. Non profit cost 300 for the year. Will include links to our web site. Voted and approved by the board members, invoice to Naveen Treasurer. 

• Earlier communication by email with Ellie from prior board if can help with a few questions for paypal, mailchimp, access to facebook, next door. Ellie is a great resource for us and always responds right away. We are working on seeing if we can access either facebook/nextdoor with a find passwork click. Plan is to have a link to our website for ongoing updates from our web site. Will research and update as we know. Paypal and Mailchimp seems to be working now, Anthony thank you and Naveen. 

• Greg, to email Todd at Village Park, for ideas and setting up neighbors meet and greet at this location for early next spring, as will try and partner with the local butcher, Recess brewery, Tias, Basil Docs, ... for the event. 

• VVECA emails, Anthony is working on an idea to highlight a few neighboring businesses each month, more to come as we gather momentum for our neighborhood association. 

• Our next community meeting August 9th. Darcie set up Manuel from our community resource group to attend. Greg is finishing setting up Xcel brief presentation on the franchise update. All of us also really enjoyed having Todd from Village park come to our last meeting. We would like him to come again if he can. 

• Meeting ends: GD

Call to Order The meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom on  June 9, 2026, and called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego, Treasurer Naveen, Member at Large Darcie

*Greg confirmed with Matthew Frederick phone call and text communication and he would like to step away from secretary and have someone replace his role. May 2026.

*Greg met with candidate Anthony Weaver 6/4/26 about his interest and contribution to our team as the new VVECA secretary.   

*Anthony submitted his letter of interest to join our board. Anthony had prior offered to help with your web site. 

*Greg, Diego, Darcie, Naveen, all read the letter, discussed his interest and contribution to the team, we all 4 voted yes for Anthony to join our board. 

*Darcie has been in contact with Esters about our community event and we are moving forward with that plan. 

*We discussed dates and all agreed on July 8th, Esters. 

*Naveen suggested Marketing will help bring in more folks for our first community event. Time, event details, email out. 

*Diego is working on a great flyer for our community, looking at printing, signage, getting the word out, English/Spanish

*Treasurer Naveen, submit receipts to her for reimbursement. Approved board costs for this investment. 

*We decided as a board, we need updated signage, flyers, robust communications, so we can engage this community. 

*Greg will begin communications with Todd, ThevillageparkDenver, for setting up a second community get together. 

*Greg will be sharing links and information so Anthony has access to gmail, mailchimp, and website. 

Meeting adjourned. GD

Call to Order The monthly meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom on  June 1, 2026, and called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego, Member at Large Darcie

• Treasurer’s Report As of June 1, 2026, Not available for this meeting. 

New Business

• Summer community engagement event- TBD- Members of the board looking at an option for a community happy hour type get together at one of the local restaurants. More to come. Follow up meeting 6/9 board meeting set up. 

• Benefit application- Greg- Up to 2000 dollars for our RNO. W-9 from treasurer. Greg to submit application. 

• Suggestion from another Rno- INC membership, 40 dollars, possible grant money for our Rno. Sending to Diego and Darcie if interest in pursuing.  

• Peoples budget: For our neighborhood improvements. Indian Creek, Washington Virginia Vale, Goldsmith, and Virginia Village. Greg submitted in suggestions for new paint road markings all along S Holly, Evans to Cherry Creek. And along E Louisiana and E Florida. 

• Diego suggested a regular board meeting schedule, which is below. 

• Open board position- Secretary/Technology, Currently interviewing.  

• Discussed ideas on how to better engage with our neighborhood: Scheduled meetings. Flyers put up around, QR code, Links, Design by Canva, Monthly Happy hours.

Next Board Meeting: 

• July 7  - 6pm - 7pm 

• August  4  - 6pm - 7pm 

• September 1  - 6pm - 7pm 

•  October 6  - 6pm - 7pm

• November 3  - 6pm - 7pm

• December 1  - 6pm - 7pm

Next Community Meeting: May 12, 2026- 6:30pm to 7:45pm, Cook Park Rec Center

• August 11, 2026

• November 10, 2026

• Adjourn The Board meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM 

President Greg, Diego Vice President, Naveen Treasurer Shahik, Darcie Member at Large, Secretary- Open position to be filled.

Approved as Published VVECA

Approved as Corrected  VVECA

5/12/2026 VVECA Membership Meeting ● Todd: Virginia Park new developers bought it in 2026. Previous owners owned it for 40 years. New owners own Oneida Park. They want to bring in local businesses that are affordable. Local butcher, Tias, Yoga Box, Recess Beer Garden, Copper Door Coffee, Off the Bottle is no packaging. Signed a lease with electric cars to have 10 charging spots. ○ Making a courtyard in front of the Tia’s all the way down to Detour for a kid playplace. Hopefully open September/October ○ VillageParkDenver.com ○ Most businesses are staying and have long leases ○ A lot of walkways and redoing the parking lot ○ Coffee shop will also be serving ice cream 

● Neal: Running for House District 9 

● Matt running for CIty Council District 6 

● Joel running for City Council District 6 

● Cook Park Food Truck monthly, Schedule at Cook Park Rec Center.  running for the summer. 

Paul Kashmann ● Thursday the city council is meeting around the budget ○ 200 million budget shortfall this past year ○ All of our agencies are underfunded ○ Sales tax revenue is down ○ The peoples budget is made up by community, VV is getting 1 million of that so give ideas ■ denvergov.org search peoples budget ● Data Centers in Denver use a lot of resources, water and power: Kashmann put forth a one year moratorium on them so we can do our research. ● Surveillance cameras: Flock had the contract in Denver, was being used by ICE, watching when women are getting reproductive health care, Denver cancelled the contract. Passed Axon instead with 50 cameras and will keep the information local in theory ● Accessory Dwelling Units became allowed a couple of years ago. VV does not have alleys so the dwelling is too close to your neighbor. We spent 2 years on how to integrate ADU’s and it is going to be 15 feet from your neighbor but getting pushback. A new governor might help us out more than Polis. ● Water restrictions: please be on top of that and do not use too much water. ● Bus Rapid Transit on Colfax is in the center lane. After Colfax, it will be Federal and then Colorado Blvd and then Speer, Leetsdale/Parker Road. But there is no money from anywhere for future projects including Federal and Colorado Blvd. ● RNO’s have been on their own since 1979 without any funding. Kashmann has been having conversations about how to improve them. In the next month, we will put out report of what the feedback has been from the Denver community. 

○ Google your city your voice denver and find the current report ● Question about sidewalk project and what the timeline looks like CAVVE ● Started out because of the fear of ICE in Minneapolis and now trying to understand what community needs ○ Need help with the Ellis walking bus: help get kids to school because attendance became low so we are helping out with that. ○ LOVVE project could use help ■ Two Saturdays a month we do a food bank during the summer at the Celebration of LIfe Church ■ Community Fridge program to supply the food to folks who need it is in the works ■ There are two community gardens at Ellis. One for community and one for Ellis families 

● Housing in Homes housing project: to help pay for someone who is willing to rent their basement out for an affordable option ○ It could be a win win for everyone ○ Go to the peoples budget and vote for my project ○ There is over a 1,000 projects to vote on so please vote for mine 

● VVECA is looking for someone in the neighborhood to help with the website which would be paid at like $25/hr ● Open conversation about collaboration with Cook Park RNO 

● Postponing June 19th picnic. Maybe in August but not August 20th bc LOVVE project has their big community day that day, perhaps a movie night, to be continued…. 

VVECA Board Meeting Minutes 

April 7, 2026 

Call to Order The monthly meeting of the VVECA Board was held via Zoom on  April 7, 2026, and called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Greg Dorr

Quorum Present were President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego
Godoy,Treasurer Naveen Shahik, Secretary Matthew Frederick Member at Large Darcie Ezell

• Treasurer’s Report As of April 7, 2026, the VVECA board has $3,280.00 in the bank. 

New Business

• Summer community engagement event- Ash Grove Park- June 12th, Friday 5-8 pm, Local eateries food brought in. ( Diego and Darcie ).  Other board members to help. Lawn games, activities. Possible expecting 50-100 folks or more. 

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• Matthew/Diego suggestion- Update to board member term limit 2 years. Training period for a replacement position change in person, 6 months. Smooth transition from one board to the next. Diego review bylaws, amend if applicable. 

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• Benefit application- Greg- Up to 2000 dollars for our RNO. W-9 from treasurer. Greg to submit application. 

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• Suggestion from another Rno- INC membership, 40 dollars, possible grant money for our Rno. Greg to look into this. 

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• Peoples budget: For our neighborhood improvements. Indian Creek, Washington Virginia Vale, Goldsmith, and Virginia Village. Greg submitted in suggestions for new paint road markings all along S Holly, Evans to Cherry Creek. And along E Louisiana and E Florida. 

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• Greg- 311 Submit for repairs to crosswalk at S Dahlia and E Florida where a vehicle caused damage to the metal poles. 

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• Greg- Also submitted to be a delegate for the Peoples budget meetings. I will follow up with Darcie if she is interested also. 

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• Diego suggested a regular board meeting schedule, which is below. 

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• Matthew to set up zoom invite schedules for our regular board meetings. 

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• News letter, Greg, to go out May 1st. 

• Matthew- Then May 5th community meeting reminder for May 12th meeting at Cook park. Then May 11th reminder email for May 12th. 

Next Board Meeting: May 5 2026 at 6:00pm. 

• June 2  - 6pm - 7pm 

• July 7  - 6pm - 7pm 

• August  4  - 6pm - 7pm 

• September 1  - 6pm - 7pm 

•  October 6  - 6pm - 7pm

• November 3  - 6pm - 7pm

• December 1  - 6pm - 7pm

Next Community Meeting: May 12, 2026- 6pm to 8pm, Cook Park Rec Center

• August 11, 2026

• November 10, 2026

• Our first meeting of the year was 2/10/2026

Adjourn The Board meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM 

President Greg Dorr, Vice President Diego
Treasurer Naveen , Secretary Matthew, Member at Large Darcie Ezell

Approved as Published VVECA

Approved as Corrected VVECA

See tab- News and Updates- January 2026- News Letter- Greetings Virginia Village Ellis Neighborhood Association (VVECA), It’s a New Year 2026 and we have a new Board for our community association. New Board: Greg Dorr- President Eric Godoy- VP Naveen Shahi- Treasurer Matthew Frederick- Secretary Darcie Ezell- Member at Large We want to sincerely thank the outgoing Board for their work, dedication, and contributions over the past few years. President- Lauren Josephson, VP-Kimberly Kub, Treasurer- Ellie Richardson, Secretary- Sage Brewer, Member at Large-Becky Dale. Going into 2026 we have scheduled 4 in person community meetings this year. Cook Park Recreation Center will be our meeting location. February 10 - Tuesday 6:00 PM May 12 - Tuesday 6:00 PM August 11 - Tuesday 6:00 PM November 10 - Tuesday 6:00 PM The New King Soopers will be opening Spring of 2026 at E Louisiana Ave and S Colorado Blvd. The new bridge at Monaco is looking like being completed toward end of Summer this year. To help spread the word in our community about the VVECA, please let your neighbors know about us and sign up for our FREE community email newsletter which will go out January, April, July, and October. Website: vvecaneighborhood.com Email: virginiavillageneighborhoodorg@gmail.com Please let us know by email or at an in person meeting what questions or suggestions you may have. We have a great community and our mission as a board is stay informed and help with communication and questions for our neighborhood.