We have selected a new meeting venue – and it starts next week! From our web’s Board and Committee Meeting page:
Meetings are now held at the Pine Valley Community Center near Litchfield Road and Palm Valley Blvd. Drive south on Litchfield Road, turn right on Palm Valley Blvd. Go west along Pine Valley for about half a mile; the community center is on your left (south side of Palm Valley Blvd). The facility isn’t that large, so come in the front door and look for signs.
From the Board and Committee Meetings page
Address
There’s a caveat to the address: Some GPS systems have reportedly given a route to the Palm Valley Blvd intersection with McDowell Road. This is incorrect!
Go to the intersection of Palm Valley and Litchfield, and turn to the west. The community center is about half a mile, on the left/south side of the street.
Palm Valley Community Center
14145 W Palm Valley Blvd
Goodyear, AZ 85395
Here is a PDF route map from Rio Crossing to Palm Valley Community Center.
History of Meeting Venues
We met at the Barbara Robey Elementary School for some time. Unfortunately, we had numerous issues of trying to schedule around school closures and working around their special events, not to mention that they frequently failed to unlock entry access to the courtyard to facilitate people getting to the meeting.
We have, on a couple of occasions, even met at the deli patio at the local Basha’s store.
The Mojave Room at the City of Avondale’s Civic Center was a nice facility, and while not unreasonably far, it was a 12-15 minute drive. The other main issue was the cost, since the city charges a premium rate for night meetings.
We had one meeting at the Estrella Mountain Community College campus, but parking was definitely an issue, and the facility, while “nice enough” once we got in, had issues with security access problems, and lack of cell and/or WiFi coverage.