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Originally Posted by Bill14564
The Village of Richmond that just opened in the past few months? Yes, all those things were built before Richmond but so were many hundreds of other homes in the area. I was reading these boards as people south of 44 and south of the turnpike were lamenting the absence of bridges to get to Brownwood, any form of town square, and any shopping at all. Plus, Sawgrass and Edna's are not equivalent to a Brownwood. Richmond is not even close to the FIRST HOME built.
To expect those amenities to be open before the first home may be NUTS but it is the very definition of "amenities continue to be built first."
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By definition Amenities are things made possible by the bonds and are built first.
Restaurants, stores, etc. are commercial development built once the population reaches the critical mass for profitable business.
Given land south of the Turnpike was primarily populated by cattle, things didn't take off until that critical mass was achieved. The Fenny pioneers did wait a long time for more local business to open.
Further complicated by the seasonal population changes here.
Over 100 new homes continue to be sold a week. The commercial developers may have underestimated the growth rate. As soon as a new business, opens, it fills with customers day one.
Three years of this was in the middle of COVID, but growth continued at substantial risk to the developers.
As a side note, (The village of) Leesburg is just 15 min away from current construction so there is plenty of established shopping and restaurants closer than north of 466A.