The city’s recreation needs are important As Robin Brown, who managed the capital campaign for the renovation of the Avalon Theater, so appropriately asked in her opinion column on Sunday: Is a convention center the best place to invest $62 million right now when there may be more immediate needs, like a community recreation center, for example? Not to make a pun, but discussion around the recreation needs of the community is not just “fun and games.” Our report card from the Mesa County Health Department has consistently ranked us at the bottom among other Colorado counties for a litany of social ills, many stemming from isolation.