The Founding Father of The Villages ...HAROLD SCHWARTZ -
The founding father of the community - purchased orange blossom gardens - a manufactured home park - in the early 1970’s - approximately 10 years later he convinced his son - H. Gary Morse to come to Lady Lake and help him run the business - which was the beginning of the concept we now call - “The Villages!”
The Villages was started in Lake County, which is now referred to as the Historic Section of The Villages. Today the community extends into three counties:
Lake County - with a population of 293,500 in 2010 and a projected population of 328,400 by the year 2015.
Marion County - with a population of 330,600 in 2010 and a projected population of 360700 by the year 2015.
Sumter County - with a population of 99,400 in 2010 and a projected population of 119,100 by the year 2015.
The Villages’ population in January of 2010 was approximately 77,000 and has
a proposed population of 105,000 residents by the year 2017.
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Realty Executives Tri-County. We are Realtors, both living & working in The Villages.Medical Care & Facilities Whenever you have a community this large and growing as rapidly as The Villages, numerous medical facilities, doctors, nurses, specialist, dentist and supporting staff are needed to care for the residents. This need has been met by constructing The Villages Regional Hospital with 198 beds, a 107,000 sq/ft state of the art facility. The Promise Hospital with 40 beds for acute care. A new 99,000 sq. ft. Veterans Clinic is being constructed, to serve the numerous veterans in this area, and is expected to be completed in Nov. 2010.
The community also has a Hospice Facility located on 466. A new assisted living facility was opened in the summer of 2009 called Freedom Point, which is a Senior Center with 400,000 square feet.
Another very important service is Fire/Emergency Medical Services. As of 2009, The Villages had Five Fire and Rescue Stations with a response time of 3 minutes and 56 seconds. Of the Total of emergency calls 78% were for medical emergencies, 2% were for fire/EMS calls, and the remaining 20% were miscellaneous calls.
Golf Carts - Major Means of Transportation Not surprising, due to the fact that nearly all areas in the community are golf-cart accessible - 80% of all resident trips inside The Villages are done by golf cart. It is estimated that 40,000 golf carts are operating on the 87 miles of trails located throughout The Villages. There are also 34 round-abouts found on the roads of the community.
If you are interested in taking a class The Villages Lifelong Learning College may be the place for you! One of the most interesting aspects of this program is that 98% of the courses offered are taught by residents of The Villages. In addition, the community has 3 Charter Schools - with 2000 students in the elementary, middle, and high schools. Plus there are two libraries for your reading enjoyment.
TRYING TO FIND A HOME IN THE VILLAGES FLORIDA? Give us a call or check out our website with all the latest listings. The website is updated every 24hrs & VERY user friendly.
Anna Brady 352-516-8827 and Scott Heinbach 352-274-1232
http://www.AnnaScottRealty.com
Realty Executives Tri-County. We are Realtors, both living & working in The Villages.The Villages is an active adult community...Which means that there are literally hundreds of activities, sports, and recreation of options to choose from!
The community features 40 Recreation Centers, 4 fitness centers, 74 tennis courts, 100 pickleball courts, 50 swimming pools, 2 polo fields, shuffle boards, lawn bowling, an archery range, and a woodworking shop.
If golf is your sport of choice - look what The Villages has to offer:
486 Golf Holes
29 Executives Courses (261 holes)
7-27 hole Championship Courses (225 holes)
2-18 hole Championship courses (36 holes)
In 2009 there were 67,000 Championship rounds and 58,000 Executive rounds. The community has 8000 PGA members - obviously a lot of great golfers are playing on our courses!
For those who enjoy softball there are 9 softball fields. The nine fields are busy with 10,000 softball games per year, 502 teams, with 11 more teams to be added every year.
Tennis Anyone? - The Villages has 74 tennis courts. The community offers 10 hydro-grid soft courts, and 20 hard courts.
If bowling is your game there are two bowling centers, with 40 lanes.
There are also 12 fishing lakes, 85 horseshoe pits and 115 bocce courts.
Don't worry if none of the above interest you, as there are also 1500 clubs of all different varieties to explore.
After a busy day of golfing, playing softball, or tennis you might want to try one of the 80 restaurants for a relaxing dinner with your spouse or friends. Variety is the spice of life and you can certainly find a restaurant that will satisfy your appetite whether it be for an elegant sit down dinner at one of the clubs, or possible some type of ethnic flair, or seafood.
If you are wanting something more casual you can grab a burger, a pizza, barbecue or an ice cream soda.
Each evening there is live entertainment on both Spanish Springs Town Square and Lake Sumter Landing Town Square. You can sit and relax and enjoy the music or join the crowd who will be dancing and having a great time.
Should you be in the mood for a quiet evening in a cool comfortable theatre then head to the Rialto or the Olde Mill Playhouse. The two theatres offer 16 screens and 4700 seats. A recent resident survey found that the two theatres had and overall customer satisfaction rate of 97% in 2009.
We hope this information was helpful in answering some of your questions about The Villages Community. Please feel free to call me with any other questions or if you would like to see a particular home in The Villages.
TRYING TO FIND A HOME IN THE VILLAGES FLORIDA? Give us a call or check out our website with all the latest listings. The website is updated every 24hrs & VERY user friendly.
Anna Brady 352-516-8827 and Scott Heinbach 352-274-1232
http://www.AnnaScottRealty.com
Realty Executives Tri-County. We are Realtors, both living & working in The Villages.
