THE future of a community centre in The Meadows looks safe after the city council gave reassurance that it would not be sold off.
Concerns were raised about the Queen's Walk Community Centre earlier this week following a meeting at the Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service.
At the meeting, Councillor Dave Liversidge singled out the centre as the only one in the city that could make a profit if it was sold off.
He said: "There is only one community centre in the city where we could make money – in The Meadows, because it's next to the tram route, so it will be the most expensive to rent out.
"We've not made any decisions, but these decisions will be made."
But the city council has now issued a statement to allay people's fears over its future.
A spokesman said: "Councillor Liversidge was making a general point about the viability of community centres, but we can reassure people there are no plans to close any of our community centres including Queen's Walk Community Centre."
The route of the tram extension from the city centre to Clifton and Wilford goes directly past the centre.
Woody Hegliger, vice chairman of the Queen's Walk Community Centre, said: "There's nothing I've heard about it. In fact, they've been making plans for years ahead.
"They were thinking about bringing a coffee bar in for the tram.
"It does sounds ominous but there have been long meetings recently and they are quite happy with how it's going.
"There are so many people that use the centre.
"It's the most widely used in Nottingham, by different cultures.
"I'm not particularly worried – we've heard it all before."
William Stewart, chairman of the centre , said: "I haven't heard anything, but I wasn't able to go to the meeting.
"That could be quite damaging. It's not very healthy in this climate where we have cuts all the time.
"These things have been going on for some time.
"I will raise the issue. As far as I know there is nothing going on with the centre. I am concerned about what's been said."
The chairman of New Meadows Tenants and Residents Association, David Shaw, said: "There are key activity groups that take place there. We would be extremely concerned if it was under threat.
He added: "It's definitely an important place for Meadows residents and it provides a venue for large meetings like consultation and local councillor hustings. We would be very concerned if that facility were lost."