One of the two Value Cities turned into a wedding venue, and the other has next to no land space needed for large scale SFH development (would fit 40 houses at most, and that's probably being aggressive with how oddly shaped that space is)...plus, no way those residents would go for apartments, which would probably be the more effective use of that space. By comparison, we're talking about a 270 home development just popping up again in AW, that has the potential for an influx of 400-500 students in the district, whereas 40 homes would maybe bring in 30 kids...that's the arm race Maumee has lost. The housing developments in the AW district that are coming up are 200-300 homes, each one could bring as many students as are currently enrolled in the entirety of Maumee High School...they're just playing a different game, and have the resources to continue to do it. It's more interesting to me if that district would ever consider splitting (I know it isn't at likely, but it's one of those thought exercises I like to do occasionally). At some point, Moncolva Twp., Waterville, and Whitehouse are all going to have enough people to self-sustain at least into the junior high levels, much like Sylvania has done. With the amount of bussing that may have to be done as their district fills out, the cost/benefit analysis may start skewing towards having separate, and smaller, 7/8 buildings (with enrollments in the 300s) in those dedicated areas to cut down on district transportation costs, plus I'd imagine residents would be happy with more 'local' schools in one of the larger (by land area) school districts in NW Ohio.
The Rec Center was talked about, then immediately shot down by the State because of one of the dumbest laws I've ever seen that was written in the late 1800s. Apparently the ORC requires EVERY county in the state to have a land area of no less than 15 acres dedicated to a County Fairground...the County requested that they have the ability to designate that space every year across the county, rather than wasting a large piece of development ready real-estate in a choked off suburb, and the State ruled by the letter of the law, that it must be permanent. Unless someone decides to give up their own personal land for it's use, the fairgrounds aren't being developed any time soon, despite it really being a perfect place to do so. It also didn't help that the two champions for that whole project were mired in petty corruption allegations/proceedings.