VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 32 • JULY 4, 2019
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Dougherty and Hilton running for re-election in GV District 4 Greenwood Village District 4 City Council members Tom Dougherty and Judy Hilton announced that they will be running for re-election in GV District 4 and recently sat down with The Villager to talk about the “state of the city” and share that they are both running for a second two-year term in the November 5 election. Over breakfast at Villager publisher Bob Sweeney’s favorite McDonald’s, across the street from Belleview Station, Dougherty and Hilton talked about their accomplishments and the future of Greenwood Village. Both incumbents described their focus on arts and humanities. Dougherty talked about using the arts as a way to enhance GV’s sense of community and about adding an at-large youth member to the Arts and Humanities Council. Hilton talked about the possibility of creating a venue for performing arts. She said, “I’d like to go to a concert without going downtown.” We asked the candidates what the future might hold for Greenwood Village. Dougherty talked about the importance of engagement with the business community, something he plans to emphasize in his next term on the city council. He said that the city council has a pretty clear picture of what GV residents do not want in terms of development. His goal is to determine
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what citizens do want. He plans to continue public outreach, including adding questions on that topic to the next citizens’ survey On the topic of development, Hilton pointed to the earlier plans for a Westin Hotel at 8880 E. Caley Avenue. She said that
(late last year) developers told the city council that they could not afford to build the hotel unless they added an office building on the property. City council refused and canceled the agreement. She said that no one has since brought forward a proposal
to develop the property. We brought up the subject of major employers like Newmont Mining, which is moving to a new building in Belleview Station in 2020 from Palazzo Verdi in the Village Center, leaving GV. Dougherty
talked about how changing demographics, including a new generation of employees who are less attached to driving their cars than are their parents, has resulted in an “amenities race” Continued on page 2
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