THE MEC Collective is an indoor sports and activities facility. The ‘MEC’ (Morrison, Evergreen, Conifer) features over 50+ activities and nearly 100,000 sq foot of indoor space, and 19 acres of outdoor room to run and bike. We will also be pioneering some of the most advanced technology in interactive sports activities and high altitude training programs, all of which are available to our local community.

A world-class sports experience is coming right here in the foothills of the Rockies.

Why is it needed?
The children of our served communities do not presently have any facility nearby to play at during the fall, winter, and spring snow times. Our athletes are fighting for space at facilities in the Denver area against teams who live in those areas, making it difficult to have priority times. Our facility will also extend the seasons of Soccer, Lacrosse, Tennis, Pickleball and provide training areas for other sports such as Baseball, Football, and Rugby. This year-round facility will develop a healthier community, better athletes, and stronger families. It will also give parents more opportunities closer to home. Our core demographic is ages 2-18. But don’t worry there is plenty of recreation for adults too.

The Conifer community has tried unsuccessfully to create a community recreation center/district on 4 occasions. Evergreen recently tried and failed in 2018 with a poorly proposed bond, which would have improved facilities primarily at Buchanan and Wulf recreation centers. No monies would have served persons in the south and east areas of the district. Furthermore, it would have made Evergreen one of the highest-taxed recreation districts in Colorado. Our fully-funded project was proposed to EPRD in a smaller format and they elected not to even explore the idea. Our only local government, EPRD, is unwilling and incapable of improving our area for those that live here. Instead, they would rather increase taxes to improve existing facilities which further concentrates recreation in an already unfairly apportioned district. Most of our served area is in an unincorporated area only under the jurisdiction of Jefferson County.

The desire and the need are there in the community but the appetite for increased taxes is not. This privately funded center makes community recreation viable with no impact on private citizens’ wallets.

The specific location will serve multiple communities; primarily Morrison, Evergreen, and Conifer with its location being very accessible on Highway 285.

The land which will be utilized was designated for recreation when the land was subdivided into parcels for home development. Nearby homeowners should already be aware of its potential usage for recreation.

This usage type is in the Jefferson County Master Plan

This is a fully funded project using private funds. No tax dollars or grants are being used for the project.

 

Website: meccollective.com/
About Us: meccollective.com/about-us/
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/meccollective

Upcoming Informal Community Meeting

This is an informational meeting to present the MEC Collective recreation center project to our community. The presentation will feature 3D conceptual designs, programming, details on issues, and our timeline.

Q&A:
We will take questions and respond to all pre-submitted questions at this time. Questions should be limited to a concise framework. Follow-up questions will be limited to one per person unless time allows. Any questions already answered will be referred back to our FAQs page to save time.

*Please keep in mind this is NOT AN OFFICIAL Jefferson County Planning & Zoning meeting. That meeting is not yet scheduled and will operate on a more formal procedure.
Hosted by:
Founders - Chris Lewis & Ken Holtschlag
Planning - Jeanne Shaffer - Chadwick Planning
Zoom - us02web.zoom.us/j/73320374716 ...
Meeting ID: 733 2037 4716
Passcode - kW0uu4

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