Costco
For those e-mailing to send to Costco, I can shed some information. I wish you much luck.
Prior to retiring and moving here 2.5 yrs ago, I worked for the company that printed the Costco Connection magazine. Since I also knew the Executive Editor of the Connection was retiring same time as I was, I wrote him about a Costco in or near The Villages. He directed me to their Executive VP for Business Development. We conducted a series of communications in which he told me even with our population and that of the surrounding areas, we did not yet meet their demographics for a Costco Warehouse. Ocala, for instance is considered a different geographic area. At that time in 2013, our area was still approximately 100,000 people short of their requirement. But he did say, "The Villages is on our radar", but it would be quite awhile before our area would be given serious consideration for a Costco.
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