West Social Center is located off of LaCanada Blvd. and is the second oldest center in GVR. Do not let the age of the building fool you. It has not only been well kept, but upgraded over the years. The West Social Center houses the Wood Working Shop. As an example of keeping up with the times, the Wood Working Shop is currently being updated and enlarged to twice its original size. Expected to be finished in January of 2009, it will be the most modern shop in the nation. Anyone can join. Anyone can build or become a craftsman. They offer classes for everything from wooden bowl making to cabinetry. The cost for all of this is a whopping $35.00 a year. YES I DID SAY A YEAR. For more information of the Woodworkers of Green Valley go to http://www.gvwoodworkers.org/.
West Center also houses a lapidary or jewelry making club. Most folks that make jewelry never dreamed they would do such a thing. They are people that did not know they had talent until they moved to Green Valley. The lapidary studio also offers many classes all taught by your neighbors. Wow what a fun place to live.
West Center also has a room to relax and play a little pool, a shop to sell the wares that residents have made, a huge auditorium with a stage and complete kitchen facilities. It is used for plays, movies, get-togethers and all sorts of entertainment, including professionals. Remember when you move to Green Valley, you do not get just one of these centers, you get all thirteen of them. No Where, yes I repeat No Where in the nation can this be duplicated.

More talk about Recreation Centers
Las Campanas Social Center is in its third and final building phase. The construction will be finished in January of ’09 and we will have new a new kitchen and dining area, huge dance floor, game room, ping pong room and several other rooms for card games and whatever. Las Campanas also has 4 tennis courts, 2 racquetball courts, a bocce court, an outdoor Ramada and picnic area, swimming pool with a chair lift and lots of comfortable lounge chairs, hot tub with a chair lift and finally a large well equipped fitness center. The racquetball courts, tennis courts, bocce court and ping pong room all have league time and open time. The pool and hot tub area is open from 5:30 am to 9:00 pm in the summer months and 7 am to 7 pm in the winter months and the fitness room is open from 5:30 am to 9:00 pm 7 days a week all year long. Las Campanas is located in the heart of Green Valley so it is very accessible for everyone. Remember when you live in Green Valley, you enjoy the benefits of all the Recreation Centers, not just the one closest to your home.

More talk about Recreation Centers
Remember when you live in Green Valley, you enjoy the benefits of all the Recreation Centers, not just the one you live closest to.

Canoa Ranch Recreation Center is our newest facility, due for completion in January of 2009. It will house our first indoor pool.
Speaking of pools, did you know that our pools, all thirteen of them, are temperature controlled year around, the warmest ranges from a therapeutic 86 to 88 degrees at East Center and the coolest for doing laps is 80 to 82 degrees at West Center. All other pools range from 83 to 86 degrees.
Back to Canoa Ranch; it is also expected to have an awesome fitness room and various meeting and game rooms.
East Center Includes a Pool maintained from 86 to 88 degrees, a spa, a sports court, volleyball courts, fitness center, billiards, shuffleboard courts, tennis courts, art room, an auditorium including a stage and kitchen, a lapidary studio, and a rose garden.
Remember we get all this for under $400.00 a year.

Let’s talk about our Recreation Centers

Live in Green Valley and enjoy the benefits of all the recreation centers. You don’t just belong to the one closest to your home; you belong to all of them.

Canoa Hills Recreation Center - has many unique amenities such as a park with outdoor grills, picnic tables, a bubbling oasis that enhances the overall atmosphere of this center, a gazebo in the pool area and Bocce courts. Additionally, Canoa Hills swimming pool is one of GVR's largest. Along with this spectacular pool Canoa hills also offers a spa, fitness center with Paramount fitness equipment, an art gallery, and a kitchen for catering events. However, Canoa Hills most unique feature is the large ballroom with one of the best wooden dance floors in the area.

Desert Hills Recreation Center - was built in the 80's, is a beautiful facility overlooking the Santa Rita Mountains. This center is home to a ceramics studio, art room/studio and lapidary shop. Members also enjoy billiards, a fitness center, shuffleboard, swimming and four tennis courts. Desert Hills social center also has an auditorium with a stage, meeting rooms, art gallery and a kitchen for catering events.

More talk about the GVR clubs.

• Card Games – there are at least five different bridge clubs, including Progressive Bridge, and Duplicate Bridge. Did your parents play Canasta? Well we even have a Canasta Club. Green Valley poker club, Green Valley Hearts Club, Wright-Patterson Mah Jongg Club and the National Mah Jongg Club, Green Valley Cribbage Club, A Euchre Club, Pinochle Club and of course we have the Green Valley Chess Club. There is more, but that is enough to give you the idea!

• Depending on what part of the USA you are from or for that matter if you are from Canada, there is probably a club for you. For instance, we have the Minnesota Club, Michigan Club, Eastern States Club, Alaska Club, Oregon Club and the Colorado Club just to name a few.

• Green Valley Recreation has three Lapidary and Silversmithing Clubs. They are located in Desert Hills Center, East Center and West Center. Some of the activities are stone shaping and polishing, chain making, silver smithing, casting and more. The club always has expert craftsmen with experience in all areas on hand and offering classes. The cost per year is $30.00

Let’s talk about a few of the GVR clubs.
• The computer club, located in The Springs recreation center, is second to none as far as education, use of computers and classes. Simply put, the classes offered range from “how to turn on your computer to classes that are very advanced. At the computer club you can do everything from checking email to touching up photos. You can even transfer your old photos and movies unto CD’s or DVD’s. Check out there web page at http://gvcc.apcug.org/.

• The Woodworkers Club of Green Valley, located in the West Center recreation center, in currently undergoing a new facelift and expansion. This project will just about double the space from about 3,000 sq ft to 6,000 sq ft. It will add many new peaces of equipment. Weather you want to make a wooden bowl or kitchen cabinets, the woodworkers club has the right equipment and can help you with the project. Check out http://www.gvwoodworkers.org/ for all the information.

• The Clay Studio of Green Valley offers classes for everyone from novice to expert. If you think you are not an artist, this might be the club to prove you wrong. Check out http://www.claystudiogvaz.com/ for all the fun.

• Because there are so many clubs, we will only talk about a few clubs at a time. Expect more next time.

• For more information on the community of Green Valley Arizona contact Patrick Allen at 520-661-9622

• Our newest recreation center, located in the Canoa Ranch area, is currently under construction with a completion date of late 2008 or early 2009. It will house our only indoor pool and hot tub. Also included is a large work out center with new modern workout equipment,

• The recreation center at Las Campanas is in it’s third and final phase of construction. The work out center is being enlarged, along with a meeting rooms, a ball room and complete kitchen facilities. It is scheduled for completion in the last quarter of 2008.

• Our Green Valley Recreation Inc. is fiscally sound and remains in the forefront of our community.

• For more information on the community of Green Valley Arizona contact Patrick Allen at 520-661-9622

• Green Valley Recreation, better known as GVR is a non-profit organization serving the leisure and social needs of our active baby boomer community.

• GVR owns and operates twelve Recreation Centers (soon to be thirteen), with a total property value of more than $18 million. GVR provides many services and activities to a private membership base of nearly 13,000 households (an estimated 26,500 individuals).

• GVR is made up of volunteers and a handful of employees. Hundreds of volunteers assist a dedicated staff to help operate year-round programs for both active and passive “boomer lifestyles”.

• Most of our communities have an exemption to the fair housing law as to age and familial status. Anyone, any age, can own a home in Green Valley, however, in the majority of our communities at least one resident must be 55 or over and no permanent resident can be under the age of 18. Your family is always welcome to visit and use our facilities.

• The cost for all this is rather minimal when you look at the big picture. There is a New Member Capital Fee of $2,132.00 paid at the close of escrow of your home; you will only pay that fee once. After that there is an annual fee of $394.00 and is tied to Social Security. It cannot increase more than the increase of Social Security benefits. Some of the clubs charge a small yearly fee, for instance, the wood shop has a yearly fee of $35.00 as does the computer club and camera club.

• For more information on the community of Green Valley Arizona contact Patrick Allen at 520-661-9622