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Accessible Navigation. Blog Contact. Leave blank if you are human:. Southeast Discovery. Posted on May 29, by Mike Czeczot. That might help explain why there were 5,, golf balls lost in one recent year. There are three subdivisions in The Villages which are designated as family units and are not subject to this restriction. I know many people who live in The Villages, and all of them love the place. Most of them are active retirees who came down from up north, and most of them are very conservative both socially and politically.
I personally don't know any native Floridians who live in The Villages, although I am sure there must be some. Its appearance has made it become the quintessential "Anywhere, USA". If you were to be brought there blindfolded and then allowed to see it, you'd think you were in any number of southern states. There are 78 different communities in The Villages. Each community is called a village, and their number is constantly growing. People who live in The Villages often identify themselves to other villagers by naming the individual village they live in.
The individual villages range from as few as homes up to 1, homes in the Village of Duval. Of these championship courses, 10 are 27 holes and 2 are 18 holes. One of the benefits of living in The Villages is that you can play golf "free" for the rest of your life on the 9 hole courses.
Your golf membership is included in the general fees that a homeowner pays in local taxes to a Community Development District.
Greens fees are only charged on the 18 hole courses. They are quasi-governmental units that give the developer the right to finance his development with bonds and pass on the cost of infrastructure to the eventual residents of the district. Most people who live in The Villages have a golf cart. Many married couples have two of them. There are undoubtedly many more by now. Some of them are very cute, fixed up to look like miniature Rolls Royces, Jeeps, fire engines, boats or whatever strikes the owner's fancy.
The Villages has more than 90 miles of golf cart paths; golf carts are the preferred means of transportation for many residents, even those who don't play golf. Thomas Chandler SchenkelShultz Architects.
Tracy Duda Chapman A. Jeff Condello Randall. Ron Davoli Wharton-Smith. Edgardo Defortuna Fortune International Group. Gil Dezer Dezer Development. David Duda A. Misha Ezratti GL Homes. Art Falcone Falcone Group. Michael Fay Avison Young. Bill Finfrock Finfrock. Mark Gensheimer Penn-Florida Cos. James Goldsmith Gator Investments. Jorge Gonzalez St. Joe Co. Steven Halverson Haskell Co. Gary Harrod Harrod Properties. Philippe Houdard Pipeline Workspaces. Hsu C. Mark Israel Universal Engineering Sciences.
Rex Jensen Schroeder-Manatee Ranch. Bobby Julien Kolter Group. This wide spot in the middle of a pasture was the seed for what would become The Villages. Wanting to turn things around, Schwartz bought out his partner and asked his son, Gary Morse, to help him with the business. Morse moved from Michigan to take over operations in Realizing that communities like Sun City, with a golf course, stocked ponds and hobby shops , were successful, in part, due to their amenities, the father-son team began to improve the development.
Realizing that a successful community needed more than activities to keep its residents happy, the family developers began a plan to create a self-contained community that provided everything its residents would need. The plaza drew a bank and a medical office, but to fill the plaza and lure more tenants, the family started and managed several business of their own.
Orange Blossom Hills also began to design and manufacture their own homes. A bowling center and a grocery store moved in, and the size of the recreation department doubled. Home sales also flourished. In the early s, a golf course and the first recreation center were built on the new side of the highway.
Orange Blossom Gardens got their first home-owned bank, and the first phase of La Hacienda Hotel was opened. In less than a decade, Orange Blossom Gardens powered Lady Lake from a town of about 3, into a thriving city of more than 10, More neighborhood villages were built, and by , the name of the development was changed to The Villages.
Two key things propelled The Villages forward; the creation of the first town center and new form of financing called Community Development Districts CDDs. Community Development Districts are special-purpose local governments. Funds from the bonds are then used to build infrastructure and amenities for the district residents.
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