Meeting Minutes

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.