Every HOA that I've lived in has had a community center. Now, granted, these are middle-class neighborhoods with much smaller houses, but it's often useful for a wide range of events, and its uses are only limited by the size of it.<br/><br/>If Delilah is dismissive of the ideas he suggested as a starter, and just wants to throw money at it, he'd be fine with that. What he was asking for are ideas on how to shift the cost out of the community, get other people to pay for it. It's the Upper Class way. ;)