IMHO the developer's financial rewards are the accolades that matter the most. The proof is in the pudding. Success is its own reward. That the success has run at least three generations is remarkable. The family's ongoing work ethic and creative genius is amazing and rare.
As I see it Harold had a history of being a great promoter but the trailer park in the watermelon patch was just not cutting it. He convinced his son Gary to come down. Gary was the genius who built on Del Webb's Sun City concept, adding some Disneyesque features, and Voila! The Villages was born.
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