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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Interesting letter. They obviously did it as inexpensively as possible with absolute minimum risk involved. That is pretty apparent looking at the finished product. And I can't really say that I blame them for that. They are being very conservative.
What I don't see in this letter is any mention of demographics surrounding some of these struggling centers. The Villages is now at about 110,000 people and growing. A bigger facility in a better location would also draw from Wildwood, Summerfield, Bellevue, Fruitland Park, Leesburg and even Ocala not to mention Weirsdale and communities up that way.
The Villages also has a good percentage of it's population that has the disposal income to enjoy a facility.
I don't know what kind of studies were done so I really can't have an opinion based on any real numbers, but it does seem to me that this area could stand a bigger performance center.
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Its too bad you were not here in 2010 to lend your expertise and opinion to the PALM comittee. What is accomplished at this point by picking on the center that is now a reality?
High hopes for Villages performing arts center | Ocala.com
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