[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Taxes is absolutely a town's skin. The Square is the main attraction to this part of Lady Lake, one of the main reasons people choose to live here, as opposed to (for instance) Water Oak or Del Webb. Disagree. The wholesale clubs get more visitors than SS, and people from Water Oak or Dell Webb can use them AND Spanish Springs.The square is NOT AN AMENITY for Villagers.The square also has several health care offices. If those are all boarded up, the paid entertainers will have one less place to play, the employees will have to find other jobs possibly further from home, which might convince them to simply move closer to their new jobs. There would be fewer people moving in, because there's no "anchor" to attract them to this location as opposed to any other location.

Fewer people living here, fewer businesses being here, equals fewer taxes. The Developer is already paying tax on that building, there will be no more property taxes coming from tenants renting the apartments. So the town might have 14 more residents, but 0 more taxes paid. How much in taxes will Lady Lake receive if the Developer says to hell with it, let's just tear that down to raw land?

That's skin.

That's not.